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We compile observations of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) around black holes, both stellar and supermassive, and compare their positions in the parameter space of black hole mass, spin, and oscillation frequency. We find…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-04 Krista Lynne Smith , Celia R. Tandon , Robert V. Wagoner

We suggest a possible explanation for the high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole low mass X-ray binaries. By solving the perturbation general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic equations, we find two stable modes of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Chang-Sheng Shi , Xiang-Dong Li

The shocked wave created on the accretion disk after different physical phenomena (accretion flows with pressure gradients, star-disk interaction etc.) may be responsible observed Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in $X-$ray binaries. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Orhan Donmez

Although quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) have been discovered in different X-ray sources, their origin is still a matter of debate. Analytical studies of hydrodynamic accretion disks have shown three types of trapped global modes with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Chi-kwan Chan

A possible model of twin high-frequency QPOs (HF QPOs) of microquasars is examined. The disk is assumed to have global magnetic fields and to be deformed with a two-armed pattern. In this deformed disk, set of a two-armed ($m=2$) vertical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Shoji Kato

The black hole mass and spin estimates assuming various specific models of the 3:2 high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HF QPOs) have been carried out in Torok et al. (2005, 2011). Here we briefly summarize some current points.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Andrea Kotrlova , Gabriel Torok , Eva Sramkova , Zdenek Stuchlik

Observations of X-ray emissions from binary systems have always been considered important tools to test the validity of General Relativity in strong-field regimes. The pairs and triplets of high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Rezzolla

We compare the theoretical predictions of the transition layer model with some observational features of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in neutron star X-ray binaries. We found that the correlation between horizontal branch oscillation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Xue-Bing Wu

We develop a simple physical model to describe the most common type of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) seen in a number of accreting black hole systems, as well as the shape of the relativistically broadened iron emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jeremy D. Schnittman , Jeroen Homan , Jon M. Miller

Quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) have been observed in the power-density spectra of some low-mass X-ray binaries(LMXB) containing a black hole. The two major groups of QPOs -- low-frequency and high-frequency -- have rather different…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Ivan Zh. Stefanov

One of the most dramatic discoveries made so far with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer is that many accreting neutron stars with weak magnetic fields generate strong, remarkably coherent, high-frequency X-ray brightness oscillations. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. K. Lamb , M. C. Miller , D. Psaltis

A recent measurement of double peak QPOs frequencies in Sgr A* is consistent with the 3:2 ratio. The same ratio is firmly established by previous observations in all double peak kHz QPOs in microquasars and theoretically explained by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gabriel Török

We report on the numerical discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) associated with accretion through a non-axisymmetric magnetic boundary layer in the unstable regime, when two ordered equatorial streams form and rotate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. M. Romanova , A. K. Kulkarni

Change of sign of the LNRF-velocity gradient has been found for accretion discs orbiting rapidly rotating Kerr black holes with spin a > 0.9953 for Keplerian discs and a > 0.99979 for marginally stable thick discs. Such a "humpy"…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-27 Zdenek Stuchlik , Petr Slany , Gabriel Torok

We present a possible explanation for the high-frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations of microquasars by an MHD instability that combines the physics developed, in different contexts, for the Accretion-Ejection Instability, the Rossby-Wave…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Michel Tagger , Peggy Varniere

A new model for the explanation of the high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in pulsars, black holes and white dwarfs is presented. Three circular tori are assumed to be present around the star: an inner torus with charge $Q_i$,…

General Physics · Physics 2009-03-21 Jacob Biemond

We numerically examine centrifugally supported shock waves in 2D rotating accretion flows around a stellar-mass (10M_sun) and a supermassive (10^6M_sun) black holes over a wide range of input accretion rates of 10^7 >\dot M/\dot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Okuda , V. Teresi , D. Molteni

We have detected quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) near 1 kHz from the low mass X-ray binary 4U 0614+091 in observations with XTE. The observations span several months and sample the source over a large range of X-ray luminosity. In every…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 E. Ford , P. Kaaret , M. Tavani , D. Barret , P. Bloser , J. Grindlay , B. A. Harmon , W. S. Paciesas , S. N. Zhang

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the X-ray lightcurves of accreting neutron star and black hole binaries have been widely interpreted as being due to standing wave modes in accretion disks. These disks are thought to be highly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Phil Arras , Omer Blaes , Neal J. Turner

We present a numerical study of the global modes of oscillation of thick accretion discs around black holes. We have previously studied the case of constant distributions of specific angular momentum. In this second paper, we investigate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Eduardo Rubio-Herrera , William H. Lee