Evolution of a low frequency QPO during the 2000 outburst of XTE J1550-564

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2002-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207649v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures; Proceedings of the 4th Microquasar Workshop, 2002, eds. Durouchoux, Fuchs, & Rodriguez, to be published by

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We follow the evolution of a low frequency QPO during the 2000 outburst of the microquasar XTE J1550-564, which was found to be present in the PCA energy range (2-65 keV) in 19 of 43 observations. The frequency of the QPO varies from 0.1 Hz to 6 Hz, and appears to follow the evolution of the soft X-ray flux. If we assume the soft X-rays represent the behavior of an accretion disk, the relation indicates that this low frequency QPO is linked to the accretion disk. We show that the non-trivial relation between the QPO frequency and the soft flux may be as expected from the Accretion Ejection Instability (AEI), when the disk approaches its last stable orbit. Furthermore, the energy dependence of the QPO may indicate the presence of a hot spot rotating in the disk as predicted by the AEI.

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