SMBH Xray QPO Animation (VIDEO)

Durham University

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Model for the Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPO) -- or 'heartbeat' -- where the inner part of the accretion disc is oscillating in size and shape, shown as a cross-section in the plane of the disc.

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Dr Chichuan Jin of the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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