Spectral and Temporal Variability in the X-Ray Flux of GS 1124-683, Nova MUSCAE 1991

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Black Hole Physics, Stars: Novae, Cataclysmic Variables, Stars: Individual Constellation Name: Nova Muscae 1991, Stars: Oscillations, X-Rays: Stars

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Correlated variations in timing and spectral properties were observed near the peak of the outburst of Nova Muscae 1991 (GS 1124-683). Two regions with different spectral and timing characteristics can be distinguished in color-color and hardness-intensity diagrams. Two types of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), each associated with regions in these diagrams, have been observed. Rapid flip-flop transitions sometimes occur between the regions. In one region the QPOs' centroid frequency is a strong, increasing function of X-ray intensity. Regions with similar characteristics and similar forms of QPOs were earlier found in GX 339-4 in its very high state. These two regions may turn out to be common and unique to black hole candidates in their very high state, even though they bear some similarities to the spectral branches in neutron star Z sources.

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