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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

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

We show that the galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 exhibits quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) whose frequency varies continuously from 1-15 Hz, during spectrally hard dips when the source is in a flaring state. We report here analyses of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Craig B. Markwardt , Jean H. Swank , Ronald E. Taam

In this work, we probe the well known thermodynamic phase structure of black hole through the lens of its quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). Can QPOs be influenced by black hole phase transitions? Do they carry any signature of such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-25 Bidyut Hazarika , Prabwal Phukon

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

An appearance or disappearance of QPOs associated with the variation of X-ray flux can be used to decipher the accretion ejection mechanism of black hole X-ray sources. We searched and studied such rapid transitions in H1743-322 using RXTE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-05 K. Sriram , S. Harikrishna , C. S. Choi

Observations of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in X-ray binaries hold a key to understanding many aspects of these enigmatic systems. Complex appearance of the Fourier phase lags related to QPOs is one of the most puzzling observational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Nikolai Shaposhnikov

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

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

(abridged) In this paper we extend the idea suggested previously by Petri (2005a,b) that the high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations observed in low-mass X-ray binaries may be explained as a resonant oscillation of the accretion disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 J. Petri

Low frequency (approximately 0.1-35 Hz) quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) of the X-ray flux characterize many of the black hole candidates, in particular those which have radio evidence for jets. These QPO have amplitudes of up to 20 per…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. H. Swank

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are often present in the X-ray flux from accreting stellar-mass black holes (BHs). If they are due to relativistic (Lense-Thirring) precession of an inner accretion flow which is misaligned with the disc,…

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 present a model-independent analysis of the short-timescale energy dependence of low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the X-ray flux of GRS 1915+105. The QPO frequency in this source has previously been observed to depend…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-16 Jakob van den Eijnden , Adam Ingram , Phil Uttley

Quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) detected in the X-ray radiation of black hole X-ray binaries (BHXBs) is thought to originate from dynamical processes in the close vicinity of the black holes (BHs), and thus carries important physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-16 Hai-Wu Pan , Weimin Yuan , Su Yao , Xin-Lin Zhou , Bifang Liu , Hongyan Zhou , Shuang-Nan Zhang

Motivated by the recent proposal that one can obtain quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) by photon echoes manifesting as non-trivial features in the autocorrelation function (ACF), we study the ACFs of the light curves of three accreting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 K. Fukumura , C. R. Shrader , J. W. Dong , D. Kazanas

Kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) have been detected in many accreting X-ray binaries. It has been suggested that the highest QPO frequencies observed in the modulation of the X-ray flux reflect a non-linear resonance between two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gabriel Torok , Marek A. Abramowicz , Wlodek Kluzniak , Zdenek Stuchlik

Microquasars are the compact objects generally including accreting black holes which produce relativistic jets. The physical mechanisms of jet launching, collimation, and acceleration are poorly understood. Microquasars show strong…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-08 Wei Wang

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 establish a unified model to explain Quasi-Periodic-Oscillation (QPO) observed from black hole and neutron star systems globally. This is based on the accreting systems thought to be damped harmonic oscillators with higher order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay