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| author | Garg, Akash Misra, Ranjeev Sen, Somasri |
| author_facet | Garg, Akash Misra, Ranjeev Sen, Somasri |
| contents | Compact object systems exhibit Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) as revealed by peaked features in their power density spectra. It has been known that stochastic variations in the accretion disc will propagate to the corona after a time delay and that the hard X-rays from the corona impinge back on the disc, giving reflection spectral features. Here, we show that the combination of these two effects makes a simple radiative feedback system between the corona and the disc, which naturally produces the observed QPOs whose primary frequency corresponds to the inverse of the time delay. The analytical form of the expected power spectra can be statistically compared with the observed ones. Hence, for the first time, a physical model is used to describe and fit the AstroSat observed power spectra of the black hole systems MAXI J1535-571 and GRS 1915+105, including the QPO, its harmonics, as well as the broadband components. |
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| spellingShingle | Quasi-Periodic Oscillations due to radiative feedback mechanism between the disc and corona Garg, Akash Misra, Ranjeev Sen, Somasri High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Compact object systems exhibit Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) as revealed by peaked features in their power density spectra. It has been known that stochastic variations in the accretion disc will propagate to the corona after a time delay and that the hard X-rays from the corona impinge back on the disc, giving reflection spectral features. Here, we show that the combination of these two effects makes a simple radiative feedback system between the corona and the disc, which naturally produces the observed QPOs whose primary frequency corresponds to the inverse of the time delay. The analytical form of the expected power spectra can be statistically compared with the observed ones. Hence, for the first time, a physical model is used to describe and fit the AstroSat observed power spectra of the black hole systems MAXI J1535-571 and GRS 1915+105, including the QPO, its harmonics, as well as the broadband components. |
| title | Quasi-Periodic Oscillations due to radiative feedback mechanism between the disc and corona |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12111 |