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The origin of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole accretion flow remains uncertain, particularly regarding the role of magnetic field configurations in shaping disk structure and variability signatures. We investigate this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-28 Jing-Ze Xia , Hong-Xuan Jiang , Indu K. Dihingia , Yosuke Mizuno

The properties of sub-second time variability of the X-ray emission of the black-hole binary GRS 1915+105 are very complex and strictly connected to its patterns of variability observed on long time scales. A key aspect for determining the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-23 Tomaso M. Belloni , Mariano Mendez , Federico Garcia , Dipankar Bhattacharya

Observation of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy RE J1034+396 is believed to demonstrate a drift of the central period of the Quasi Periodic Oscillation (QPO) linearly correlated with the temporary X-ray luminosity. We show, using a specific…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Tapas Kumar Das , Bozena Czerny

We investigate the dynamics of transonic advective accretion flows around spinning black holes in the presence of viscosity. The spacetime of a Kerr black hole is approximated using a pseudo-potential. We study viscously driven shock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-22 Sanjit Debnath , Indranil Chattopadhyay , Soumyadip Mandal , Raj Kishor Joshi , Priyesh Kumar Tripathi , M. Saleem Khan

We analyze a set of three RXTE Target of Opportunity observations of the Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105, observed on April 2000, during a multi-wavelength campaign. During the three observations, a strong, variable low frequency (2-9 Hz)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Rodriguez , Ph. Durouchoux , I. F. Mirabel , Y. Ueda , M. Tagger , K. Yamaoka

Recent studies have shown that strong correlations are observed between low frequency QPO`s and the spectral power law index for a number of black hole candidate sources (BHC's), when these sources exhibit quasi-steady hard x-ray emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Ralph Fiorito , Lev Titarchuk

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are observed in the hard state of many black hole X-ray binaries. Although their origin is unknown, they are strongly associated with the corona, of which the geometry is also subject to discussion. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-28 Niek Bollemeijer , Phil Uttley

Quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) has been detected in several accreting supermassive black hole (SMBH) systems, including active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and tidal disruption events (TDEs). However, despite that several models have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-16 Yiyang Lin , Erlin Qiao , Jifeng Liu , Meng Guo , Zikun Lin

Recent studies have shown that strong correlations are observed between the low frequencies (1-10 Hz) of quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) and the spectral power law index of several Black Hole (BH) candidate sources, in low hard state,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lev Titarchuk , Ralph Fiorito

We report the discovery of X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) at frequencies of 3-4 mHz from a transient ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) X42.3+59 in M82. The QPOs are strong and broad and appear with weak or absent red noise, and are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-05-19 Hua Feng , Fengyun Rao , Philip Kaaret

We have performed a spectral-timing analysis on the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535--571 during its 2017 outburst, with the aim of exploring the evolution of the inner accretion flow geometry. X-ray reverberation lags are observed in the…

We propose a mechanism to explain the low-frequency QPOs observed in X-ray binary systems and AGNs. To achieve this, we perturbed stable accretion disks around Kerr and EGB black holes at different angular velocities, revealing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-27 Orhan Donmez

We ascribe the interpretation of the twin kilohertz Quasi Periodic Oscillations (kHz QPOs) of X-ray spectra of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries (LMXBs) to MHD Alfven wave oscillations in the different mass density regions of the accreted matter at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. M. Zhang

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) have been widely observed in black hole X-ray binaries (BHBs), which often exhibit significant X-ray variations. Extensive research has explored the long-term evolution of the properties of QPOs in BHBs.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-11 Ruisong Xia , Hao Liu , Yongquan Xue

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

In X-ray observations of hard state black hole X-ray binaries, rapid variations in accretion disc and coronal power-law emission are correlated and show Fourier-frequency-dependent time lags. On short (~0.1 s) time-scales, these lags are…

Characterising the fast variability in black-hole low-mass X-ray binaries (BHXBs) can help us understand the geometrical and physical nature of the innermost regions of these sources. Particularly, type-B quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-14 Valentina Peirano , Mariano Méndez , Federico García , Tomaso Belloni

We study the epicyclic oscillations of test particles around rotating quantum-corrected black holes (QCBHs), characterized by mass $M$, spin $a$, and quantum deformation parameter $b$. By deriving the radial ($\Omega_r$) and vertical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-23 G. Mustafa , Sushant G. Ghosh , Orhan Donmez , S. K. Maurya , Shakhzod Orzuev , Farruh Atamurotov

Kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations or kHz QPOs occur on the orbital timescale of the inner accretion flow and may carry signatures of the physics of strong gravity (c$^{2}$ ~ GM/R) and possibly clues to constraining the neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-26 Jon Troyer , Edward Cackett , Philippe Peille , Didier Barret

Utilizing observations obtained with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, we examine correlations between the properties of 0.08-22 Hz variable frequency QPOs and the X-ray spectral parameters for the black hole candidates XTE J1550-564 and GRO…