Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-04-25
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 328 (2001) 451
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 2 August 2001
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04871.x
We present a detailed study of the 5 Hz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) recently discovered in the bright X-ray transient and black-hole candidate GRS 1739-278 (Borozdin & Trudolyubov 2000) during a Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observation taken on 1996 March 31. In total 6.6 ksec of on-source data were obtained, divided in two data sets of 3.4 and 3.2 ksec which were separated by 2.6 ksec. The 5 Hz QPO was only present during the second data set. The QPO increased in strength from below 2% rms amplitude for photon energies below 4 keV to ~5% rms amplitude for energies above 10 keV. The soft QPO photons (below 5 keV) lagged the hard ones (above 10 keV) by almost 1.5 radian. Besides the QPO fundamental, its first overtone was detected. The strength of the overtone increased with photon energy (from <2% rms below 5 keV to ~8% rms above 10 keV). Although the limited statistics did not allow for an accurate determination of the lags of the first overtone, indications are that also for this QPO the soft photons lagged the hard ones. When the 5 Hz QPO was not detected (i.e., during the first part of the observation), a broad noise component was found for photon energies below 10 keV but it became almost a true QPO (with a Q value of ~1.9) above that energy, with a frequency of ~3 Hz. Its hard photons preceded the soft ones in a way reminiscent of the 5 Hz QPO, strongly suggesting that both features are physically related. We discuss our finding in the frame work of low-frequency QPOs and their properties in BHCs.
Homan Jeroen
Méndez Mariano
Miller John Mcl.
Wijnands Rudy
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