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Consistency of quantum mechanics in black hole physics requires unusual Lorentz transformation properties of the size and shape of physical systems with momentum beyond the Planck scale. A simple parton model illustrates the kind of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-07 Leonard Susskind

We give some examples in which neglecting the interactions between particles or truncating the description of a black hole to the spherically symmetric mode leads to unphysical results. The restoration of the interactions and higher angular…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 L. Susskind , J. Uglum

Quasi periodic oscillations (QPO) seen in the X-ray fluxes of individual neutron stars and black hole sources are one of most intriguing phenomena in today's astrophysics. The QPO nature is visibly determined by super-strong Einstein's…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Marek A. Abramowicz

We study scalar and electromagnetic perturbations of a family of nonsingular nonrotating black hole spacetimes that are solutions in a large class of conformally invariant theories of gravity. The effective potential for scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-22 Bobir Toshmatov , Cosimo Bambi , Bobomurat Ahmedov , Zdeněk Stuchlík , Jan Schee

For most black holes in string theory, the Schwarzschild radius in string units decreases as the string coupling is reduced. We formulate a correspondence principle, which states that (i) when the size of the horizon drops below the size of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-09 Gary T. Horowitz , Joseph Polchinski

In this work, we explore the influence of nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) on the quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of a magnetic charged black hole by analyzing the motion of test particles and their epicyclic frequencies. Starting from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-01 Bidyut Hazarika , Mrinnoy M. Gohain , Prabwal Phukon

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 perturbations of string-theoretic black holes are analyzed by generalizing the method of Chandrasekhar. Attention is focussed on the case of the recently considered charged string-theoretic black hole solutions as a representative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerald Gilbert

Low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) have been routinely observed in black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs). These LFQPOs can be explained by axisymmetric shock oscillation in accretion flow around a rotating black hole. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 Chandra B. Singh , Santanu Mondal , David Garofalo

The dynamics and instability of the magnetized jets connected to jet acceleration are complicated and are not yet well understood. Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) as special timing features in black hole systems can directly probe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Jiashi Chen , Pengfu Tian , Wei Wang

Recent progress on string theory in curved spacetimes is reviewed. The string dynamics in cosmological and black hole spacetimes is investigated.The methods to solve the string equations of motion in curved spacetimes are described.That is,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 H. J. de Vega , N. sánchez

In previous papers we proposed a model that high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in black-hole and neutron-star X-ray binaries are disk oscillations (inertial-acoustic and/or g-mode oscillations) resonantly excited on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Shoji Kato

We apply the global mode analysis, which has been recently developed for the modeling of kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) from neutron stars, to the inner region of an accretion disk around a rotating black hole. Within a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-07 M. H. Erkut

QPOs are a common feature in the X-ray power density spectrum of black hole binaries and a potentially powerful tool to probe the spacetime geometry around these objects. Here we discuss their constraining power to test the Kerr black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-22 Cosimo Bambi , Sourabh Nampalliwar

Context. Some microquasars exhibit millisecond quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) that are likely related to phenomena occuring in the immediate vicinity of the central black hole. Oscillations of accretion tori have been proposed to model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 F. H. Vincent , G. P. Mazur , O. Straub , M. A. Abramowicz , W. Kluzniak , G. Torok , P. Bakala

Fluids in external gravity may oscillate with frequencies characteristic of the epicyclic motions of test particles. We explicitly demonstrate that global oscillations of a slender, perfect fluid torus around a Kerr black hole admit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Marek A. Abramowicz , Omer M. Blaes , Jiri Horak , Wlodek Kluzniak , Paola Rebusco

Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) are very puzzling since they remain totally unexplained by popular earlier models of accretion disks. The significant rms value in power density spectrum implies that the oscillation involves in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-03-10 Sandip K. Chakrabarti , D. Debnath , P. S. Pal , A. Nandi , R. Sarkar , M. M. Samanta , P. J. Wiita , H. Ghosh , D. Som

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

Low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are commonly observed in black hole X-ray binaries, and their frequency has been found to correlate with various spectral properties. In this work, we present a detailed timing analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-12 Sai-En Xu , Bei You , Yi Long , Han He

We study the properties of the outgoing gravitational wave produced when a non-spinning black hole is excited by an ingoing gravitational wave. Simulations using a numerical code for solving Einstein's equations allow the study to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Yosef Zlochower , Roberto Gomez , Sascha Husa , Luis Lehner , Jeffrey Winicour