Quasi-periodic oscillations discovered in the X-ray pulsar XTE J1858+034

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We have discovered low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations at 0.11 Hz in the 221 s X-ray pulsar XTE J1858+034. Among about 30 known transient X-ray pulsars this is the sixth source in which QPOs have been observed. If the QPOs are produced because of inhomogeneities in the accretion disk at the magnetospheric boundary, the low frequency of the QPOs indicate a large magnetosphere for this pulsar. Both the Keplerian frequency model and the beat frequency model are applicable for production of QPOs in this source. The QPOs and regular pulsations are found to be stronger at higher energy which favours the beat frequency model. A detailed analysis, of the QPO feature as a function of pulse phase and energy will be presented which will help in firmly deciding one of the two alternatives for the QPO phenomenon. The spectrum is hard, consisting of two components, a cut-off power law and an iron fluorescence line.

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