Le 18 octobre 2013
De 10h30 à 12h00
Amphithéâtre – Grande Coupole
Frédéric VINCENT
Centre Astronomique Nicolas Copernic de Varsovie (Pologne)
Black hole systems can be affected by variable phenomena. The characteristic time of these variable phenomena scales with the mass of the black hole and it is thus likely that they are related to strong-field gravity. This seminar is dedicated to examining some possible scenarios of black hole variability and link them when possible to future observations.
During this talk, I will discuss two kinds of variable phenomena :
– the Galactic center flares of radiation : I will present simulations of astrometric observations of flares by the very-near future (2014) infrared interferometer GRAVITY. I will discuss the possibility that GRAVITY could help distinguish different theoretical flare scenarios ;
– microquasars oscillations : I will present a new model of microquasar high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations, namely the oscillating torus model. I will present simulated temporal power spectra for this model and discuss their links to observations.