Application of the Disk Instability Model to All Quasiperiodic Eruptions

After the first quasiperiodic eruption (QPE; GSN 069) was reported in 2019, four other sources have been identified as a QPE or a candidate. However, the physics behind QPEs is still unclear, although several models have been proposed. Pan et al. proposed an instability model for an accretion disk w...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal Vol. 952; no. 1; pp. 32 - 37
Main Authors: Pan, Xin, Li, Shuang-Liang, Cao, Xinwu
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 01.07.2023
IOP Publishing
Subjects:
Accretion disks
Active galactic nuclei
Astrophysics
Blackbody
Evolution
Galaxy accretion disks
Light curve
Magnetic fields
Modelling
Opacity
Spectra
ISSN:0004-637X, 1538-4357
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Summary:After the first quasiperiodic eruption (QPE; GSN 069) was reported in 2019, four other sources have been identified as a QPE or a candidate. However, the physics behind QPEs is still unclear, although several models have been proposed. Pan et al. proposed an instability model for an accretion disk with magnetically driven outflows in the first QPE of GSN 069, which is able to reproduce both the light curve and the evolution of the spectra fairly well. In this work, we extend this model to all QPEs. We improve the calculations of the spectrum of the disk by introducing a hardening factor, which is caused by a deviation of opacity from a blackbody. We find that the light curves and evolution of the spectra of the four QPEs and candidates can all be well reproduced by our model calculations.
Bibliography:Galaxies and Cosmology
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ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/acd180