A resonance model with magnetic connection for 3:2 HFQPO pairs in black hole binaries

Chang-Yin Huang, Zhao-Ming Gan, Jiu-Zhou Wang, Ding-Xiong Wang

Published 2009-12-24Version 1

We apply epicyclic resonances to the magnetic connection (MC) of a black hole (BH) with a relativistic accretion disc, interpreting the high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HFQPOs) with 3:2 pairs observed in three BH X-ray binaries. It turns out that the 3:2 HFQPO pairs are associated with the steep power-law states, and the severe damping can be overcome by transferring energy and angular momentum from a spinning BH to the inner disc in the MC process.