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

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

Published 2000-12-29Version 1

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.