Extending the theory of propagating fluctuations: the first fully relativistic treatment and analytical Fourier–Green’s functions

Author:

Mummery Andrew1

Affiliation:

1. Oxford Theoretical Physics, Beecroft Building, Clarendon Laboratory , Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK

Abstract

ABSTRACT The aperiodic variability ubiquitously observed from accreting black hole X-ray binary systems is generally analysed within the framework of the so-called ‘theory of propagating fluctuations’. In this paper we derive the Fourier transforms of the Green’s function solutions of the thin disc equations. These solutions suffice to describe all possible solutions through standard convolution techniques. Solutions are found for both Newtonian discs and general relativistic solutions with a vanishing ISCO stress. We use this new relativistic theory to highlight the Kerr black hole spin dependence of a number of observable variability properties of black hole discs. The phase lags, coherence, and power density spectra of Kerr discs are shown to be strong functions of black hole spin. Observations of the aperiodic variability of black hole accretion sources may now, at least in principle, offer a new avenue to directly constrain black hole spins.

Funder

Leverhulme Trust

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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