Study of shock propagation velocity and accretion flow dynamics around the black hole candidate H1743-322

S. Mondal, S. K. Chakrabarti, D. Debnath, A. A. Molla, A. Jana

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Abstract

The inner region of a transient source is cooled down by the inverse Comptonization of soft photons from the Keplerian disk component. The reduction of pressure forces the outer boundary of the Compton cloud, namely, the centrifugal pressure supported shock to move inward slowly in order to satisfy Rankine-Hugoniot conditions. We consider the transient source H1743-322 to study this movement of the shock. The presence of cooling changes the geometry of the Compton cloud gradually. We also see how the flow parameters of this source change day by day during a complete outburst. As the shock-oscillation could also modulate harder X-rays, we want to resolve the question: are QPOs originated from shock oscillations and can the time variation of the QPO frequency be explained by this slow propagation of the shock? For that we solve the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions and derive the condition of shock formation in presence of Compton cooling. We also compute inward velocity of the shock Compton cloud to be a few meters per second, which agrees well with earlier observational results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication14th Marcel Grossman Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, Proceedings
EditorsMassimo Bianchi, Robert T Jantzen, Remo Ruffini, Remo Ruffini
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
Pages1056-1059
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9789813226593
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event14th Marcel Grossman Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories - Rome, Italy
Duration: 12 Jul 201518 Jul 2015

Publication series

Name14th Marcel Grossman Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, Proceedings

Conference

Conference14th Marcel Grossman Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period12/07/1518/07/15

Keywords

  • Accretion
  • Accretion disks
  • Black holes
  • Radiation:dynamics
  • Shock waves
  • Stars:individual:H7143-322
  • X-Rays:binaries

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

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