A new approach of detecting the black hole spin in x-ray binaries is proposed based on the model of the coexistence of the Blandford-Znajek （BZ） and magnetic coupling （MC） processes, in which the BZ process is use...A new approach of detecting the black hole spin in x-ray binaries is proposed based on the model of the coexistence of the Blandford-Znajek （BZ） and magnetic coupling （MC） processes, in which the BZ process is used to power the jet emissions from x-ray binaries, and high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations （QPOs） are explained by a rotating hotspot in the inner region of the accretion disc surrounding a fast-spinning black hole. It is shown that the black hole spins of several x-ray binaries （XTE J1550-564, GRO d1665-40 and GRS 1915＋105） can be constrained in a rather narrow range, provided that QPOs and jets coexist in these sources.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10173004, 10373006 and 10121503.
文摘A new approach of detecting the black hole spin in x-ray binaries is proposed based on the model of the coexistence of the Blandford-Znajek （BZ） and magnetic coupling （MC） processes, in which the BZ process is used to power the jet emissions from x-ray binaries, and high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations （QPOs） are explained by a rotating hotspot in the inner region of the accretion disc surrounding a fast-spinning black hole. It is shown that the black hole spins of several x-ray binaries （XTE J1550-564, GRO d1665-40 and GRS 1915＋105） can be constrained in a rather narrow range, provided that QPOs and jets coexist in these sources.
