Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2012
Abstract
We report the discovery of a 1-mHz optical quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the candidate ultra-compact low-mass X-ray binary 4U 0614+091. The ultra-low-frequency QPO has no X-ray counterpart in contemporaneousRXTE/PCA data and is likely a signature of structure in the accretion disc. The QPO can be reasonably fitted with a single sine wave but with a phase jump part way through the observation, indicating that it is not coherent. We also identify a 48-min modulation, approximately consistent with the suggested orbital period of O'Brien and Shahbaz et al. If this is indeed orbital, it supports an identification of 4U 0614+091 as an ultra-compact source. © 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
First Page
2943
Last Page
2948
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Y., Hynes, R., & Robinson, E. (2012). Millihertz quasi-periodic optical oscillations in 4U 0614+091. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419 (4), 2943-2948. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19935.x