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Correlation between 3:2 QPO pairs and Jets in Black Hole X-ray Binaries

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We argue, following our earlier works (the "CEBZMC model"), that the phenomenon of twin peak high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in black hole X-ray binaries is caused by magnetic coupling (MC) between accretion disk and black hole (BH). Due to MC, two bright spots occur at two separate radial locations r_{in} and r_{out} at the disk surface, energized by a kind of the Blandford-Znajek mechanism (BZ). We assume, following the Kluzniak-Abramowicz QPO resonance model, that Keplerian frequencies at these two locations are in the 3:2 ratio. With this assumption, we estimate the BH spins in several sources, including GRO J1655-40, GRS 1915+105, XTE J1550-564, H1743-322 and Sgr A*. We give an interpretation of the "jet line" in the hardness-intensity plane discussing the parameter space consisting of the BH spin and the power-law index for the variation of the large-scale magnetic field in the disk. Furthermore, we propose a new scenario for the spectral state transitions in BH X-ray binaries based on fluctuation in densities of accreting plasma from a companion star.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0611592,
  title  = {Correlation between 3:2 QPO pairs and Jets in Black Hole X-ray Binaries},
  author = {Ding-Xiong Wang and Yong-Chun Ye and Chang-Yin Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0611592},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

17 pages, 6 figures, accepted by APJ