scholarly journals A model of the steep power-law spectra and high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in luminous black hole X-ray binaries

2014 ◽  
Vol 438 (4) ◽  
pp. 3352-3357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Dexter ◽  
Omer Blaes
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Power Law ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals On the frequency correlations of low-frequency QPOs with kilohertz QPOs in accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (4) ◽  
pp. 5270-5284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke van Doesburgh ◽  
Michiel van der Klis
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Frame Dragging ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

ABSTRACT We investigate frequency correlations of low frequency (LF, <80 Hz) and kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) using the complete RXTE data sets on six accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs) and compare them to those of non-pulsating neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries with known spin. For the AMXPs SAX J1808.4−3658 and XTE J1807−294, we find frequency-correlation power-law indices that, surprisingly, are significantly lower than in the non-pulsars, and consistent with the relativistic precession model (RPM) prediction of 2.0 appropriate to test-particle orbital and Lense–Thirring precession frequencies. As previously reported, power-law normalizations are significantly higher in these AMXPs than in the non-pulsating sources, leading to requirements on the NS specific moment of inertia in this model that cannot be satisfied with realistic equations of state. At least two other AMXPs show frequency correlations inconsistent with those of SAX J1808.4−3658 and XTE J1807−294, and possibly similar to those of the non-pulsating sources; for two AMXPs no conclusions could be drawn. We discuss these results in the context of a model that has had success in black hole (BH) systems involving a torus-like hot inner flow precessing due to (prograde) frame dragging, and a scenario in which additional (retrograde) magnetic and classical precession torques not present in BH systems are also considered. We show that a combination of these interpretations may accommodate our results.

scholarly journals Energy spectra of X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations in accreting black hole binaries

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S238) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
P. T. Życki ◽  
M. A. Sobolewska ◽  
A. Niedźwiecki
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Energy Spectra ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Black Hole Binaries ◽  
Hot Plasma ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Disk Component

AbstractWe investigate the energy dependencies of X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations in black hole X-ray binaries. We analyze RXTE data on both the low- and high-frequency QPO. We construct the low-f QPO energy spectra, and demonstrate that they do not contain the thermal disk component, even though the latter is present in the time averaged spectra. The disk thus does not seem to participate in the oscillations. Moreover the QPO spectra are harder than the time averaged spectra when the latter are soft, which can be modeled as a result of modulations occurring in the hot plasma. The QPO spectra are softer than the time averaged spectra when the latter are hard. The absence of the disk component in the QPO spectra is true also for the high-frequency (hecto-Hz) QPO observed in black hole binaries. We compute the QPO spectra expected from the model of disk resonances.

scholarly journals Epicyclic oscillations in spinning particle motion around Kerr black hole applied in models fitting the quasi-periodic oscillations observed in microquasars and AGNs

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Misbah Shahzadi ◽  
Martin Kološ ◽  
Zdeněk Stuchlík ◽  
Yousaf Habib
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Active Galactic Nuclei ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Kerr Black Hole ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Tidal Disruption ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
Spinning Particle ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Test Particles

AbstractThe study of the quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of X-ray flux observed in the stellar-mass black hole (BH) binaries or quasars can provide a powerful tool for testing the phenomena occurring in strong gravity regime. We thus fit the data of QPOs observed in the well known microquasars as well as active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the framework of the model of geodesic oscillations of Keplerian disks modified for the epicyclic oscillations of spinning test particles orbiting Kerr BHs. We show that the modified geodesic models of QPOs can explain the observational fixed data from the microquasars and AGNs but not for all sources. We perform a successful fitting of the high frequency QPOs models of epicyclic resonance and its variants, relativistic precession and its variants, tidal disruption, as well as warped disc models, and discuss the corresponding constraints of parameters of the model, which are the spin of the test particle, mass and rotation of the BH.

scholarly journals High-Frequency QPOs and Overstable Oscillations of Black-Hole Accretion Disks

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S290) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Lai ◽  
Wen Fu ◽  
David Tsang ◽  
Jiri Horak ◽  
Cong Yu
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Accretion Disks ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Oscillation Mode ◽  
Relativistic Effects ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Black Hole Accretion ◽  
General Relativistic ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Hole Accretion

AbstractThe physical origin of high-frequency QPOs (HFQPOs) in black-hole X-ray binaries remains an enigma despite many years of detailed observational studies. Although there exists a number of models for HFQPOs, many of these are simply “notions” or “concepts” without actual calculation derived from fluid or disk physics. Future progress requires a combination of numerical simulations and semi-analytic studies to extract physical insights. We review recent works on global oscillation modes in black-hole accretion disks, and explain how, with the help of general relativistic effects, the energy stored in the disk differential rotation can be pumped into global spiral density modes in the disk, making these modes grow to large amplitudes under certain conditions (“corotational instability”). These modes are robust in the presence of disk magnetic fields and turbulence. The computed oscillation mode frequencies are largely consistent with the observed values for HFQPOs in BH X-ray binaries. The approximate 2:3 frequency ratio is also expected from this model. The connection of HFQPOs with other disk properties (such as production of episodic jets) is also discussed.

scholarly journals High‐Frequency Quasi‐periodic Oscillations in the Black Hole X‐Ray Transient XTE J1650−500

2003 ◽  
Vol 586 (2) ◽  
pp. 1262-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen Homan ◽  
Marc Klein‐Wolt ◽  
Sabrina Rossi ◽  
Jon M. Miller ◽  
Rudy Wijnands ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray
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