Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-10-04
A&A, 351(2), L15, 1999
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, including 3 figures, A&A Letters, accepted
Scientific paper
We analysed 9 RXTE/PCA observations of GRS 1915+105 in the flaring state, when the hardness of the source spectrum was changing on the time scales from few seconds up to 1000 seconds. The quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) with the frequency varying between ~ 1 and 12 Hz are associated with the episodes of harder source spectrum. In each observation we found tight correlation between the duration of the hard episode and the characteristic QPO frequency. For a half of the observations this correlation matches the relation between the viscous time scale and the Keplerian frequency, when both quantities are evaluated for various radii in the radiation pressure dominated accretion disk. Assuming that the QPO frequency is proportional to the Keplerian frequency at the boundary between an optically thick accretion disk and a hot comptonization region, the changes of the QPO frequency can then be understood as due to variations of this boundary position on the viscous time scales.
Churazov Eugene
Gilfanov Marat
Trudolyubov Sergey
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