Relativistic Low Angular Momentum Advective Flows onto Black Hole and associated observational signatures
Abstract
We present simulation results examining the presence and behavior of standing shocks in zero-energy low angular momentum advective accretion flows and explore their (in)stabilities properties taking into account various specific angular momentum, . Within the range (where denotes the Schwarzschild radius), shocks are discernible for . In the special relativistic hydrodynamic (RHD) simulation when , we find the merger of two shocks resulted in a dramatic increase in luminosity. We present the impact of external and internal flow collisions from the funnel region on luminosity. Notably, oscillatory behavior characterizes shocks within . Using free-free emission as a proxy for analysis, we shows that the luminosity oscillations between frequencies of Hz for range . These findings offer insights into quasi-periodic oscillations emissions from certain black hole X-ray binaries, exemplified by GX 339-4. Furthermore, for the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, Sgr A*, oscillation frequencies between and Hz were observed. This frequency range, translating to one cycle every few days, aligns with observational data from the X-ray telescopes such as Chandra, Swift, and XMM-Newton.
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@article{arxiv.2412.12817,
title = {Relativistic Low Angular Momentum Advective Flows onto Black Hole and associated observational signatures},
author = {Jun-Xiang Huang and Chandra B. Singh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12817},
year = {2024}
}
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22 pages, 13 figures, Accepted for publication in the Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA) journal