Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-02-24
Astron.Astrophys. 421 (2004) 1-8
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 6 figures. Astronomy and Astrophysics (in press)
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20034523
We present the results of several numerical simulations of two dimensional axi-symmetric accretion flows around black holes using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) in the presence of cooling effects. We consider both stellar black holes and super-massive black holes. We observe that due to {\it both radial and vertical oscillation} of shock waves in the accretion flow, the luminosity and average thermal energy content of the inner disk exhibit very interesting behaviour. When power density spectra are taken, quasi-periodic variabilities are seen at a few Hz and also occasionally at hundreds of Hz for stellar black holes. For super-massive black holes, the time scale of the oscillations ranges from hours to weeks. The power density spectra have a flat top behavior with average {\it rms} amplitude of a few percent and a broken power-law behavior. The break frequency is generally found to be close to the frequency where the shock oscillates.
Acharyya Kinsuk
Chakrabarti Sandip K.
Molteni Diego
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