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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/8283| Title: | Energy dependence of quasi-periodic oscillations in accreting X-ray pulsars |
| Authors: | Manikantan, Hemanth Paul, Biswajit Sharma, Rahul Pradhan, Pragati Rana, Vikram |
| Issue Date: | 2-May-2024 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press for Royal Astronomical Society |
| Citation: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2024, Vol. 531, p530-549 |
| Abstract: | We present the results from an investigation of the energy dependence of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) exhibited by accreting X-ray pulsars using data from archival XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, RXTE, and NICER observations. In a search for the presence of QPOs in 99 XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations, we detected QPOs in eleven observations of five sources, viz., 4U 1626–67 (48 mHz), IGR J19294+1816 (30 mHz), V 0332+53 (2, 18, and 40 mHz), Cen X–3 (30 mHz), and XTE J1858+034 (180 mHz). A positive correlation of the QPO rms amplitude with energy is exhibited by 4U 1626–67, IGR J19294+1816, Cen X–3 and XTE J1858+034, while no energy dependence is observed in V 0332+53. We also analysed the energy spectrum to decouple thermal (soft-excess) from non-thermal emission and determine if the soft-excess has different QPO properties. We found no evidence for different QPO characteristics of the soft excess. The NuSTAR observations of V 0332+53 during the Type-I outburst in 2016 show the presence of twin QPOs at 2.5 and 18 mHz, while the XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations during the Type-II outburst in 2015 show a QPO at 40 mHz. We review the observed QPO properties in the context of QPOs found in other types of accreting sources and the models usually used to explain the QPOs in accreting X-ray pulsars. |
| Description: | Open Access |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/8283 |
| Alternative Location: | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRAS.531..530M/abstract https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19323 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1170 https://inspirehep.net/literature/2782351 |
| Copyright: | 2024 The Author(s) |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (A&A) |
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