Epicyclic Oscillations of Fluid Bodies: Newtonian Nonslender Torus

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2007-06-29

arxiv.org/abs/0706.4483v1

Astrophys.J.665:642-653,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

ApJ, in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/519782

We study epicyclic oscillations of fluid tori around black holes (in the Paczynski-Wiita potential) and derive exact analytic expressions for their radial and vertical eigenfrequencies nu_r and nu_z to second-order accuracy in the width of the torus. We prove that pressure effects make the eigenfrequencies smaller than those for free particles. However, the particular ratio nu_z/nu_r=3/2, which is important for the theory of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), occurs when the fluid tori epicyclic frequencies nu_r and nu_z are about 15% higher than the ones corresponding to free particles. Our results therefore suggest that previous estimates of black hole spins from QPOs have produced values that are too high.

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