Quasi-Periodic Oscillation Frequency-Color Radius Connection in GRS 1915+105: A Possible Turnover Supporting Accretion-Ejection Instability Predictions - IN2P3 - Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules
Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical journal letters Année : 2009

Quasi-Periodic Oscillation Frequency-Color Radius Connection in GRS 1915+105: A Possible Turnover Supporting Accretion-Ejection Instability Predictions

V.J. Mikles
  • Fonction : Auteur
P. Varniere
S.S. Eikenberry
  • Fonction : Auteur
D. Rothstein
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

It is widely believed that the low-frequency quasi-periodic X-ray oscillations observed in microquasars are correlated to, but do not originate at, the physical radius of the inner edge of the accretion disk. Models relating the quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) frequency and color radius are hindered by observations showing contradicting trend correlations between the microquasars GRO 1655-40, XTE J1550-564, and GRS 1915+105. The first shows a negative correlation and the latter two a positive one. By taking into account relativistic rotation in the accretion disk, the accretion-ejection instability (AEI) model predicts a turnover in the frequency-radius relationship, and has been successfully compared with observations of GRO J1655-40 and GRS 1915+105. We present further evidence supporting the AEI model prediction by using observations of the microquasar GRS 1915+105. By combining a data set including θ-, β-, and α-class X-ray light curves, we observe positive, negative, and null correlations in the frequency-radius relationship. This is the first time a single source has shown a possible inversion in the QPO frequency-color radius curve predicted by the AEI model.

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in2p3-00371810 , version 1 (31-03-2009)

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V.J. Mikles, P. Varniere, S.S. Eikenberry, J. Rodriguez, D. Rothstein. Quasi-Periodic Oscillation Frequency-Color Radius Connection in GRS 1915+105: A Possible Turnover Supporting Accretion-Ejection Instability Predictions. The Astrophysical journal letters, 2009, 694, pp.L132-L135. ⟨10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/L132⟩. ⟨in2p3-00371810⟩
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