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Eigenmodes of trapped horizontal oscillations in accretion disks

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2016-01-20 v1

Abstract

We present eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions of trapped acoustic-inertial oscillations of thin accretion disks for a Schwarzschild black hole and a rapidly rotating Newtonian star (a Maclaurin spheroid). The results are derived in the formalism of Nowak and Wagoner (1991) with the assumption that the oscillatory motion is parallel to the midplane of the disk. The first four radial modes for each of five azimuthal modes m=0m = 0 through m=4m = 4 are presented. The frequencies and wavefunctions of the lowest modes may be accurately approximated by the Airy function.

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@article{arxiv.1411.4690,
  title  = {Eigenmodes of trapped horizontal oscillations in accretion disks},
  author = {S. Khanna and Z. Strzelecka and B. Mishra and W. Kluzniak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.4690},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, 11 figures, To appear in the Proceedings of Ragtime 14/15/16