2004ApJ...609L..63A


Query : 2004ApJ...609L..63A

2004ApJ...609L..63A - Astrophys. J., 609, L63-L65 (2004/July-2)

The importance of discovering a 3:2 twin-peak quasi-periodic oscillation in an ultraluminous X-ray source, or how to solve the puzzle of intermediate-mass black holes.

ABRAMOWICZ M.A., KLUZNIAK W., McCLINTOCK J.E. and REMILLARD R.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

Recently, twin-peak quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) have been observed in a 3:2 ratio for three Galactic black hole microquasars with frequencies that have been shown to scale as 1/M, as expected for general relativisitic motion near a black hole. It may be possible to extend this result to distinguish between the following two disparate models that have been proposed for the puzzling ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs): (1) an intermediate-mass black hole (M∼103 M) radiating very near the Eddington limit and (2) a conventional black hole (M∼10 M) accreting at a highly super-Eddington rate with its emission beamed along the rotation axis. We suggest that one could discriminate between these models by detecting the counterpart of a Galactic twin-peak QPO in a ULX: the expected frequency for the intermediate-mass black hole model is only about 1 Hz, whereas for the conventional black hole model the expected frequency would be the ∼100 Hz value observed for the Galactic microquasars.

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Journal keyword(s): Accretion, Accretion Disks - Black Hole Physics - Galaxies: Quasars: General - Relativity - X-Rays: Galaxies - X-Rays: General

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Number of rows : 1
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024
#notes
1 NAME Sgr A* X 17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699           ~ 4397 3

Query : 2004ApJ...609L..63A

Basic data :
NAME Sgr A* -- X-ray Source
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    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) :
17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699 (Radio) [ 2.65 1.42 0 ] B 2011AJ....142...35P
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" :
  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) :
17 42 29.30683 -28 59 18.5584 [ 2.65 1.42 0 ]
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" :
  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
Gal coord. (ep=J2000) :
359.94423568 -00.04616002 [ 2.65 1.42 0 ]
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AX J1745.6-2900 NAME Sgr A*/L' NAME Sagittarius A [BGM2005] J174540.08-290028.48
CXOGC J174540.0-290027 NAME Sgr A* IR NAME Sagittarius A* [SKM2002] 28
NAME Sgr A* NAME Sgr A * SWIFT J1746.3-2850A
NAME SgrA*/IR NAME Sgr A [BGM2005] J174540.14-290028.40

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