A Systematic Search for Periodicities in RXTE/ASM Data

Abstract

We present the results of a systematic search in 8.5 years of Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All-Sky Monitor data for evidence of periodicities. The search was conducted by application of the Lomb-Scargle periodogram to the light curves of each of 458 actually or potentially detected sources in each of four energy bands (1.5-3 keV, 3-5 keV, 5-12 keV, and 1.5-12 keV). A whitening technique was applied to the periodograms before evaluation of the statistical significance of the powers. We discuss individual detections with focus on relatively new findings.

61 pages, 32 figures, accepted for publication in ApJS

References in corpus (41)

• The disc instability model of dwarf-novae and low-mass X-ray binary transients
• First Results from the All-Sky Monitor on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
• The two-hour orbit of a binary millisecond X-ray pulsar
• The High Resolution X-ray Spectrum of SS 433 using the Chandra HETGS
• Iron Emission Lines from Extended X-ray Jets in SS 433: Reheating of Atomic Nuclei
• The Orbit of X Per and Its Neutron Star Companion
• The mass of the neutron star in Cyg X-2 (V1341 Cyg)
• A new technique for the detection of periodic signals in ``coloured'' power spectra
• Twenty Years of Timing SS433
• Quasi-Periodic Occultation by a Precessing Accretion Disk and Other Variabilities of SMC X-1
• Images of an equatorial outflow in SS433
• Long-term Properties of Accretion Disks in X-ray Binaries: I. the variable third period in SMC X-1
• Spectral Components of SS 433
• Simple Photoelectric Absorption during Dipping in the ASCA Observation of XB1916-053
• XTE J1946+274 = GRO J1944+26: An Enigmatic Be/X-ray Binary
• Identification of the optical counterparts of high-mass X-ray binaries through optical photometry and spectroscopy
• Discovery of the optical counterpart to the X-ray pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545
• Timing Analysis of the Light Curve of the Dipping-Bursting X-ray Binary X1916-053
• Discovery of the Orbit of the Transient X ray Pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545
• X1908+075: A Pulsar Orbiting in the Stellar Wind of a Massive Companion
• The Ephemeris and Dipping Spectral Behavior of X1624-490
• Bursts, eclipses, dips and a refined position for the luminous low-mass X-ray binary in the globular cluster Terzan 6
• On the nature of the hard X-ray source 4U2206+54
• RXTE Observations of the X-ray Pulsar XTE J1855-026 - a Possible New Supergiant System
• Evidence for a very slow X-ray pulsar in 2S0114+650 from RXTE All-Sky Monitor Observations
• Changes in the long term intensity variations in Cyg X-2 and LMC X-3
• Discovery of the 198 s X-ray Pulsar GRO J2058+42
• The Reappearance of the Transient Low Mass X-ray Binary X1658-298
• Discovery of X-ray pulsations in the Be/X-ray binary LS992/ RX J0812.4-3114
• 4U2206+54 - an Unusual High Mass X-ray Binary with a 9.6 Day Orbital Period but No Strong Pulsations
• Long Term X-ray Variability in GX13+1: Energy Dependent Periodic Modulation
• RXTE Observations of the Be star X-ray Transient X0726-260 (4U0728-25) - Orbital and Pulse Periods
• X 1908+075: An X-ray Binary with a 4.4 day Period
• The Steady Spin Down Rate of 4U 1907+09
• Near-infrared identification of the counterpart to X1908+075: a new OB-supergiant X-ray binary
• The Orbit and Position of the X-ray Pulsar XTE J1855-026 - an Eclipsing Supergiant System
• Discovery of a new INTEGRAL source: IGR J19140+0951
• The Orbital Period of the Be/Neutron Star Binary RX J0812.4-3114
• Recurrent ~24 h Periods in RXTE ASM Data
• Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Observations of the X-ray Pulsar EXO 1722-363 - a Candidate Eclipsing Supergiant System
• Long-term Periodicities in the Flux from Low Mass X-ray Binaries

Cited by in corpus (73)

• 3.9 day orbital modulation in the TeV gamma-ray flux and spectrum from the X-ray binary LS 5039
• Detecting gravitational wave emission from the known accreting neutron stars
• Six new candidate ultracompact X-ray binaries
• VERITAS Observations of the gamma-Ray Binary LS I +61 303
• Periodic very high energy gamma-ray emission from LS I +61 303 observed with the MAGIC telescope
• Superorbital variability of X-ray and radio emission of Cyg X-1 - II. Dependence of the orbital modulation and spectral hardness on the superorbital phase
• A description of sources detected by INTEGRAL during the first 4 years of observations
• X-ray variation statistics and wind clumping in Vela X-1
• Characterizing X-ray binary long-term variability
• A catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy: from the INTEGRAL to the Gaia era
• Joint H-alpha and X-Ray Observations of Massive X-Ray Binaries. II. The Be X-ray Binary and Microquasar LS I +61 303
• Nearly Periodic Fluctuations in the Long Term X-ray Light Curves of the Blazars AO 0235+164 and 1ES 2321+419
• Long-term X-ray variability of Swift J1644+57
• Superorbital Periodic Modulation in Wind-Accretion High-Mass X-ray Binaries from Swift BAT Observations
• A Comparison of the Variability of the Symbiotic X-ray Binaries GX 1+4, 4U 1954+31, and 4U 1700+24 from Swift/BAT and RXTE/ASM Observations
• Chandra Localizations and Spectra of INTEGRAL Sources in the Galactic Plane
• Infrared identification of high-mass X-ray binaries discovered by INTEGRAL
• The superorbital variability and triple nature of the X-ray source 4U 1820-303
• Gamma-ray observations of the microquasars Cygnus X-1, Cygnus X-3, GRS 1915+105, and GX 339-4 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
• Strong outburst activity of the X-ray pulsar X Persei during 2001-2011
• Swift/BAT and RXTE Observations of the Peculiar X-ray Binary 4U 2206+54 - Disappearance of the 9.6 Day Modulation
• Joint H-alpha and X-Ray Observations of Massive X-Ray Binaries. III. The Be X-ray Binaries HDE 245770 = A 0535+26 and X Persei
• An Extended and More Sensitive Search for Periodicities in RXTE/ASM X-ray Light Curves
• A Detailed Study of 2S 0114+650 with the RXTE
• Energy-dependent orbital modulation of X-rays and constraints on emission of the jet in Cyg X-3
• INTEGRAL observations of the variability of OAO 1657-415
• Black Holes in Short Period X-ray Binaries and the Transition to Radiatively Inefficient Accretion
• Tracking the Orbital and Super-orbital Periods of SMC X-1
• An X-ray and optical study of the ultracompact X-ray binary A1246-58
• Dependence of the orbital modulation of X-rays from 4U 1820-303 on the accretion rate
• Joint H-alpha and X-ray Observations of Massive X-ray Binaries. I. The B-Supergiant System LS I +65 010 = 2S 0114+650
• INTEGRAL spectral variability study of the atoll 4U 1820-30: first detection of hard X-ray emission
• The Chandra ACIS Timing Survey Project: glimpsing a sample of faint X-ray pulsators
• Evolution of Spin, Orbital, and Superorbital Modulations of 4U 0114+650
• Super-Orbital Variability in Hard X-rays
• The doubling of the superorbital period of Cyg X-1
• Peering through the stellar wind of IGR J19140+0951 with simultaneous INTEGRAL/RXTE observations
• Long term flux variations in Cen X-3: clues from flux dependent orbital modulation and pulsed fraction
• Evidence for Quasi-periodic X-Ray Dips from an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source: Implications for the Binary Motion
• Properties of the 24 Day Modulation in GX 13+1 from Near-Infrared and X-ray Observations
• Spectral state evolution of 4U~1820-30: the stability of the spectral index of Comptonization tail
• Spectroscopic Signatures of the Superorbital Period in the Neutron Star Binary LMC X-4
• Superorbital variability of X-ray and radio emission of Cyg X-1. I. Emission anisotropy of precessing sources
• Interpretation of the 115 Day Periodic Modulation in the X-ray Flux of NGC 5408 X-1
• Can the 62 day X-ray period of the Ultraluminous X-ray source M82 X-1 be due to a precessing accretion disk?
• On the classification of flaring states of blazar
• Cosmological implications of the composite spectra of galactic X-ray binaries constructed using MAXI data
• Discovery of kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations and state transitions in the low-mass X-ray binary 1E~1724-3045 (Terzan 2)
• The evolving radio jet from the neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1820$-$30
• Long-term Hard X-ray Monitoring of 2S 0114+65 with INTEGRAL/IBIS
• Reproductions of super-orbital X-ray light-curves with the precessing accretion ring model and implications on accretion flows through accretion rings
• XMM-Newton discovery of mHz quasi-periodic oscillations in the high mass X-ray binary IGRJ19140+0951
• XMM-Newton and Swift observations of supergiant high mass X-ray binaries
• A Deep Pulse Search in Eleven Low Mass X-Ray Binaries
• Viscous propagation of mass flow variability in accretion discs
• Measuring the orbital periods of low mass X-ray binaries in the X-ray band
• Decade time-scale modulation of low mass X-ray binaries
• AXTAR: Mission Design Concept
• Is 4U 0114+65 an eclipsing HMXB?
• Modeling the Optical-X-ray Accretion Lag in LMC X-3: Insights Into Black-Hole Accretion Physics
• X-ray variability with spectral state transitions in NS-LMXBs observed with MAXI/GSC and Swift/BAT
• Time-resolved X-Shooter spectra and RXTE light curves of the ultra-compact X-ray binary candidate 4U 0614+091
• X-Ray Views of Galactic Accreting Pulsars in High-Mass X-Ray Binaries
• Photometric Observations of Three High Mass X-Ray Binaries and a Search for Variations Induced by Orbital Motion
• Disk precession to explain the super-orbital modulation of LMC X-4: results from the Swift monitoring campaign
• Torque reversal and orbital profile of X-ray pulsar OAO 1657-415
• Investigating a unique partial eclipse in the High Mass X-ray Binary IGR J16393-4643 with Swift-XRT
• Tandem Swift and INTEGRAL Data to Revisit the Orbital and Superorbital Periods of 1E 1740.7-2942
• Monitoring the Very-Long-Term Variability of X-ray Sources in the Giant Elliptical Galaxy M87
• State-Dependent Orbital Modulation of X-rays in CYG X-3
• Nustar observation of the binary system 4U 0114+65
• Discovery of long-term superorbital periodicities in the pseudo-transient LMXBs: IGR J17098-3628 and EXO0748-676
• Smearing of mass accretion rate variation by viscous processes in accretion disks in compact binary systems