A QPO in Mkn 421 from Archival RXTE Data

We report a 325(−7, +8) day quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the X-ray emission of the blazar Mkn 421 based on data obtained with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer satellite. The QPO is seen prominently in the ASM data (at least 15 cycles) due to the fact that it has had near-continuous sampling fo...

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Main Authors: Evan Smith, Lani Oramas, Eric Perlman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acd171