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2018A&A...616L...6G - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 616, L6-6 (2018/8-1)

Possible ∼1 hour quasi-periodic oscillation in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-06-30-15.

GUPTA A.C., TRIPATHI A., WIITA P.J., GU M., BAMBI C. and HO L.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We found a possible ∼1h quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in a ∼55ks X-ray observation of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-06-30-15 made with the XMM-Newton EPIC/pn detector in the energy range 0.3-10keV. We identify a total modulation of ∼16% in the light curve and find a ~=3670s quasi-period using Lomb-Scargle periodogram (LSP) and weighted wavelet Z-transform (WWZ) techniques. Our analyses of eight light curves of MCG-06-30-15, indicated the possible presence of an oscillation during one of them. The LSP indicates a statistically significant (~=3σ) QPO detection. A WWZ analysis shows that the signal at this possible roughly 3670s period is present, and rather persistent, throughout the observation; however, a signal around 8735 s is more persistent. We briefly discuss models that can produce X-ray QPOs with such periods in narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies, as both other claimed QPO detections in this class of AGN had very similar periods.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO 2018

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: Seyfert

Simbad objects: 3

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