Abstract
We report the detection of a 5.8 × 104 s (∼ 16 hr) periodicity in the 0.5-10 keV X-ray light curve of the Seyfert galaxy IRAS18325-5926, obtained from a 5-day ASCA observation. Nearly 9 cycles of the periodic variation are seen; it shows no strong energy dependence and has an amplitude of about 15 per cent. Unlike most other well-studied Seyfert galaxies, there is no evidence for strong power-law red noise in the X-ray power spectrum of IRAS18325-5926. Scaling from the QPOs found in Galactic black hole candidates suggests that the mass of the black hole in IRAS18325-5926 is ∼ 107M⊙.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 519-522 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics