The Heartbeats of the black hole IGR J17091-3624


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Find below some light curves of both sources. These are real data!




GRS 1915+105
 IGR J17091-3624
GRS 1915+105
 IGR J17091-3624
GRS 1915+105 IGR J17091-3624
GRS 1915+105 IGR J17091-3624
GRS 1915+105 IGR J17091-3624
GRS 1915+105 IGR J17091-3624
GRS 1915+105 IGR J17091-3624
GRS 1915+105 IGR J17091-3624



For more information see:

The Faint "Heartbeats" of IGR J17091-3624: An Exceptional Black Hole Candidate
Altamirano et al. 2011 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...742L..17A)

For high quality images send me an email at d.altamirano@uva.nl



IGRJ17091-3624 70 Hz
GRS1915+105 vs IGRJ17091-3624 70Hz
GRS1915+105 vs IGRJ17091-3624 gamma class

For more information see:

Discovery of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in the black-hole candidate IGR J17091-3624
Altamirano & Belloni 2012 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012arXiv1201.2106A)

For high quality images send me an email at d.altamirano@uva.nl