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We study a novel electromagnetic signature of supermassive black hole binaries whose inspiral starts being dominated by gravitational wave (GW) emission. Recent simulations suggest that the binary's member BHs can continue to accrete gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-01 Girish Kulkarni , Abraham Loeb

Measurement of the energy emitted from accreting astrophysical systems provides an observational constraint on the plasma processes that may be operating within the disk. Here we examine the continual time variation over the past six years…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Greenhough , S. C. Chapman , S. Chaty , R. O. Dendy , G. Rowlands

We compare Very Large Array observations of GRS 1915+105 made in 1994 and 2023, with nearly three decades of difference. The source has experienced intriguing major changes. The position angle of the bipolar ejecta in the plane of the sky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-20 Luis F. Rodriguez , I. Felix Mirabel

Estimations of black hole spin in the three Galactic microquasars GRS 1915+105, GRO J1655-40, and XTE J1550-564 have been carried out based on spectral and timing X-ray measurements and various theoretical concepts. Among others, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 E. Sramkova , G. Torok , A. Kotrlova , P. Bakala , M. Abramowicz , Z. Stuchlik , K. Goluchova , W. Kluzniak

The bright gamma-ray blazar S5 1044+71 has been identified as showing very significant quasi-periodic oscillations in the Fermi-LAT data in recent studies, with a periodicity of about 3 years. With the completion of a new gamma-ray cycle,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-27 M. Cerruti , P. A. Duverne , G. Ganesaratnam , P. Goswami , H. X. Ren , N. Sahakyan

The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has made feasible for the first time the search for high-frequency (~ 100 Hz) periodic features in black hole candidate (BHC) systems. Such a feature, with a 67 Hz frequency, recently has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. A. Nowak , R. V. Wagoner , M. C. Begelman , D. E. Lehr

Weakly accreting black hole X-ray binaries launch compact radio jets that persist even in the quiescent spectral state, at X-ray luminosities <1e-5 of the Eddington luminosity. However, radio continuum emission has been detected from only a…

We report on results of a multi-band monitoring campaign from radio to gamma rays of the high-redshift flat spectrum radio quasar S5 0836+710 during a high activity period detected by the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 M. Orienti , F. D'Ammando , M. Giroletti , D. Dallacasa , G. Giovannini , S. Ciprini

Based on a spectral analysis of the X-ray continuum that employs a fully relativistic accretion-disk model, we conclude that the compact primary of the binary X-ray source GRS 1915+105 is a rapidly-rotating Kerr black hole. We find a lower…

We present the results of seven years of K-band monitoring of the low-mass X-ray binary GRS 1915+105. Positive correlations between the infrared flux and the X-ray flux and X-ray hardness are demonstrated. Analysis of the frequency spectrum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ethan T. Neil , Charles D. Bailyn , Bethany E. Cobb

We present a timing analysis of two Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 during the heartbeat state. The phase-frequency-power maps show that the intermediate-frequency aperiodic X-ray variability weakens…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-22 Shu-Ping Yan , Li Ji , Mariano Méndez , Si-Ming Liu , Na Wang , Xiang-Dong Li , Ming-Yu Ge , Jin-Yuan Liao , Shu Niu , Jin-Lu Qu , Guo-Qiang Ding , Qing-Zhong Liu , Wei Sun

We report time-resolved NICER and Swift X-ray spectroscopy of a bright flare from the black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 during its obscured state, which is characterized by heavy line-of-sight absorption by dense material with complex…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-14 Shuaitongze Zhao , Honghui Liu , Menglei Zhou , Swarnim Shashank , Cosimo Bambi , Andrea Santangelo

We have observed microquasar GRS 1915+105 at 1.28 GHz for 8 days from June 18 to July 1, 2001 using Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We have seen several isolated radio baby flares of varying intensity and duration. We have also…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. S. Yadav , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , A. Pramesh Rao , G. G. Pooley

We analyzed two 1996 observations of the Galactic Microquasar GRS 1915+105 taken with the Proportional Counter Array on board the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. We focus on the properties of the high-frequency QPO as a function of the `dip'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 T. Belloni , Mariano Mendez , Celia Sanchez-Fernandez

We present results from the Suzaku observation of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 performed during the 2005 October multiwavelength campaign. The data include both stable state (class \chi) and limit-cycle oscillation (class \theta). Correct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Y. Ueda , K. Honda , H. Takahashi , C. Done , H. Shirai , Y. Fukazawa , K. Yamaoka , S. Naik , H. Awaki , K. Ebisawa , J. Rodriguez , S. Chaty

We report on extensive X-ray observations of the galactic superluminal motion source GRS 1915+105 with the RXTE satellite over the last year. More than 130 RXTE pointings have been performed. GRS 1915+105 displays drastic X-ray intensity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Greiner , E. Morgan , R. Remillard

To understand the bursting behavior of the microquasar GRS 1915+105, we calculate time evolution of a luminous, optically thick accretion disk around a stellar mass black hole undergoing limit-cycle oscillations between the high- and low-…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ken-ya Watarai , Shin Mineshige

LSI+61303 is one of the most observed Be/X-ray binary systems because, peculiarly, it has periodical radio and X-ray emission together with strong, variable gamma-ray emission. This source remains, however, quite enigmatic. Some properties…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Maria Massi

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,…

We investigate dynamical and radiative properties of arc-shaped gas clouds falling onto a stellar mass black hole based on the three-dimensional general relativistic radiation-magnetohydrodynamics (3D-GRRMHD) simulation data. Assuming that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Kotaro Moriyama , Shin Mineshige , Hiroyuki R. Takahashi