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Quasi-periodic Oscillations

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The chapter briefly reviews observational evidence and theoretical models of quasi-periodic oscillations.

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    Broad structures in the X-ray power density spectrum are instead called “noise”.

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Bambi, C. (2017). Quasi-periodic Oscillations. In: Black Holes: A Laboratory for Testing Strong Gravity. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4524-0_9

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