A Review of Disk-Corona Oscillations
arXiv:astro-ph/0011494
Abstract
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 cent in the states of black hole novae which are called very high and intermediate. The frequencies are correlated with the break frequency of the band-limited low frequency white noise. With transition to the state called the soft high state, both the QPO and the noise disappear. While the noise is strong in the low hard states like that of Cyg X-1, the QPO, when present, are weak and broad. In their strong manifestations, these QPO have the curious property of appearing to have the spectrum of the power-law component which dominates in the low state, while correlations between their frequency and the disk component in the spectrum imply control by the disk. The correlations, the harmonic structure of the QPO, and the phase lags have complex behavior in the same source (GRS 1915+105, XTE J1550-564). The phenomena point to interaction between the disk and the corona, for which there are several interesting ideas.
arXiv comment8 pages, Latex, to be published in `Proceedings of the Third Microquasar Workshop: Granada Workshop on galactic relativistic jet sources', Eds A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Greiner d and J. M. Paredes, Astrophysics and Space Science, in press
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