Classification of Light curves of the Black Hole Candidate GRS1915+105

Nandi, Anuj; Manickam, Sivakumar G.; Chakrabarti, Sandip K.

Classification of Light curves of the Black Hole Candidate GRS1915+105

Authors

Nandi, Anuj

Manickam, Sivakumar G.

Chakrabarti, Sandip K.

Description

The black hole candidate GRS 1915+105 exhibits a rich variety of variability. Assuming that the earlier paradigm of black hole accretion which includes a shock is applicable for this system as well, one can classify these variabilities into four classes. We present light curves of these classes and discuss the basis of our classification.
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