Evolution of a Mode of Oscillation Within Turbulent Accretion Disks. (arXiv:2107.13546v1 [astro-ph.HE])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Wagoner_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Robert V. Wagoner</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Tandon_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Celia R. Tandon</a>
We investigate the effects of subsonic turbulence on a normal mode of
oscillation [a possible origin of the high-frequency quasi-periodic
oscillations (HFQPOs) within some black hole accretion disks]. We consider
perturbations of a time-dependent background (steady state disk plus
turbulence), obtaining an oscillator equation with stochastic damping, (mildly)
nonlinear restoring, and stochastic driving forces. The (long-term) mean values
of our turbulent functions vanish. In particular, turbulence does not damp the
oscillation modes, so `turbulent viscosity’ is not operative. However, the
frequency components of the turbulent driving force near that of the mode can
produce significant changes in the amplitude of the mode. Even with an
additional (phenomenological constant) source of damping, this leads to an
eventual `blowout’ (onset of effects of nonlinearity) if the turbulence is
sufficiently strong or the damping constant is sufficiently small. The
infrequent large increases in the energy of the mode could be related to the
observed low duty cycles of the HFQPOs. The width of the peak in the power
spectral density (PSD) is proportional to the amount of nonlinearity. A
comparison with observed continuum PSDs indicates the conditions required for
visibility of the mode.
We investigate the effects of subsonic turbulence on a normal mode of
oscillation [a possible origin of the high-frequency quasi-periodic
oscillations (HFQPOs) within some black hole accretion disks]. We consider
perturbations of a time-dependent background (steady state disk plus
turbulence), obtaining an oscillator equation with stochastic damping, (mildly)
nonlinear restoring, and stochastic driving forces. The (long-term) mean values
of our turbulent functions vanish. In particular, turbulence does not damp the
oscillation modes, so `turbulent viscosity’ is not operative. However, the
frequency components of the turbulent driving force near that of the mode can
produce significant changes in the amplitude of the mode. Even with an
additional (phenomenological constant) source of damping, this leads to an
eventual `blowout’ (onset of effects of nonlinearity) if the turbulence is
sufficiently strong or the damping constant is sufficiently small. The
infrequent large increases in the energy of the mode could be related to the
observed low duty cycles of the HFQPOs. The width of the peak in the power
spectral density (PSD) is proportional to the amount of nonlinearity. A
comparison with observed continuum PSDs indicates the conditions required for
visibility of the mode.
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