Discovery of 0.19 Hz QPO in MAXI J1409-619

Kaur, R.; Casella, P.; Linares, M.; Altamirano, D.; Patruno, A.; Armas-Padilla, M.; Cavecchi, Y.; Degenaar, N.; Russell, D.; Kalamkar, M.; van der Klis, M.; Watts, A.; Wijnands, R.; Rea, N.
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #3082

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12
2010
Number of authors
14
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
7
Refereed citations
6
Description
The RXTE has been monitoring the new transient X-ray source MAXI J1409-619 since its discovery on October 20, 2010 (Yamaoka et al 2010, ATEL # 2959) . We analyzed the observations of this source performed on December 11, 2010 during the current re-brightening of the source (Ueno et al 2010, ATEL # 3067). The observation lasted for a total exposure time of about 20 ks. We detect a quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) with a centroid frequency 0.192 +/- 0.006 Hz and with a width of 0.029 +/- 0.013 Hz.