English
Related papers

Related papers: Diskoseismology and QPOs Confront Black Hole Spin

200 papers

Fast time variability is the most prominent characteristic of accreting systems and the presence of quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) is a constant in all accreting systems, from cataclysmic variables to AGNs, passing through black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 S. E. Motta

We continue our earlier studies of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the power spectra of accreting, rapidly-rotating black holes that originate from the geometric "light echoes" of X-ray flares occurring within the black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-13 Keigo Fukumura , Demosthenes Kazanas , Gordon Stephenson

Recent observations of accreting black holes reveal the presence of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) in the optical power density spectra. The corresponding oscillation periods match those found in the X-rays, implying a common origin.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-11-25 Alexandra Veledina , Juri Poutanen , Adam Ingram

We examine the evolution and influence of viscosity-induced diskoseismic modes in simulated black hole accretion disks. Understanding the origin and behavior of such oscillations will help us to evaluate their potential role in producing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Sean M. O'Neill , Christopher S. Reynolds , M. Coleman Miller

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

Many accreting black holes and neutron stars exhibit rapid variability in their X-ray light curves, termed quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). The most commonly observed type is the low-frequency ($\lesssim 10$ Hz), type-C QPO, while only a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-25 A. Deepika Bollimpalli , P. Chris Fragile , W. Janosz Dewberry , Włodek Kluźniak

High-frequency twin peak quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) are observed in four microquasars, i.e., Galactic black hole binary systems, with frequency ratio very close to 3:2. In the microquasar GRS 1915+105, the structure of QPOs exhibits…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-14 Zdenek Stuchlik , Andrea Kotrlova , Gabriel Torok

X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are a characteristic feature of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). These oscillations have been studied for decades and revealed a rich and complex phenomenology that is still not fully understood.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-28 F. M. Vincentelli , N. Bollemeijer , A. Veledina , D. Altamirano , Q. Bu , F. Carotenuto , P. Casella , Y. Cavecchi , R. Ma , G. Marcel , G. Mastroserio , S. Motta , L. Zhang

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), in particular, the ones with high frequencies, often observed in the power spectrum of black holes, are useful in understanding the nature of strong gravity since they are associated with the motion of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-27 Indrani Banerjee

The study of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of X-ray flux observed in the stellar-mass black hole binaries can provide a powerful tool for testing of the phenomena occurring in strong gravity regime. The high frequency (HF) QPOs usually…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 Martin Kološ , Arman Tursunov , Zdeněk Stuchlík

X-ray timing observations of accreting stellar mass black holes have shown that they can produce signals with such short time scales that we must be probing very close to the innermost stable circular orbit that is predicted by the theory…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-30 John A. Tomsick , Ronald A. Remillard , Jeroen Homan , Philip Kaaret , Didier Barret , Jeremy Schnittman

A number of black hole X-ray transients show quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the optical (ultraviolet) and X-ray bands at the same frequency, which challenge models for production of radiation at these wavelengths. We propose a model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-18 Alexandra Veledina , Juri Poutanen

This is the first of two papers in which we address the physics of the low-frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) of X-ray binaries, in particular those hosting a black hole. We discuss and repeat the recent analysis and spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Rodriguez , P. Varniere , M. Tagger , Ph. Durouchoux

The Accretion-Ejection Instability has been proposed to explain the low frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) observed in low-mass X-Ray Binaries, in particular Black-Hole candidates. Its frequency, typically a fraction of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Varniere , J. Rodriguez , M. Tagger

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

Observations of X-ray emissions from binary systems have long since been considered important tools to test General Relativity in strong-field regimes. The high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HFQPOs) observed in binaries containing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Luciano Rezzolla , Shin'ichirou Yoshida , Thomas J. Maccarone , Olindo Zanotti

Black hole and neutron star X-ray binary systems routinely show quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in their X-ray flux. Despite being strong, easily measurable signals, their physical origin has long remained elusive. However, recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-30 Adam Ingram , Sara Motta

Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) are an important phenomenon commonly observed in the X-ray radiation of black holes and neutron stars, closely related to the dynamics of accretion disks around compact objects and general relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-19 Zheng Ma , Meirong Tang , Zhaoyi Xu

In this work we explore the idea that the high frequency QPOs observed in LMXBs may be explained as a resonant coupling between the neutron star spin and epicyclic modes of accretion disk oscillations. We propose a new model for these QPOs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Petri

The 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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Misbah Shahzadi , Martin Kološ , Zdeněk Stuchlík , Yousaf Habib