Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-11-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Latex file (AASMS Style) Six eps figures, Submitted to Astrophysical Journals
Scientific paper
We present results of several numerical simulations of two dimensional axi-symmetric accretion flows around black holes using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). We consider both stellar black holes and as well as super-massive black holes. We assume bremsstrahlung to be the only source of cooling as it is simpler to implement in numerical simulations. We observe that due to 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 behaviors. When power density spectra are taken, quasi-periodic oscillations 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 usual flat top behavior with average {\it rms} amplitude a few percent and a broken power-law behavior. The break frequency is generally found to be close to the QPO frequency as seen in the observed power spectra of black holes.
Acharyya Kinsuk
Chakrabarti Sandip K.
Molteni Diego
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