Explaining QPOs data for black holes in the Starobinsky–Bel–Robinson gravity

Abstract

Abstract In this work we explore the properties of the spacetime around the Schwarzschild-like black hole in the Starobinsky–Bel–Robinson gravity through a test particle motion and its quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the circular orbits in the close vicinity of the black hole horizon. We show how the extra spacetime parameter $$\beta $$ β affects the effective potential, energy, angular momentum, inner most circular orbit (ISCO) radius, and trajectory of a test particle. Next, we focus on the QPOs of particles and explore it in the relativistic precision model. Finally, we apply our analysis to explain the observational data obtained for several black hole candidates including GRO J1655-40, GRS 1915+105, XTE J1859+226, and XTE J1550-564 and get constraints on their spacetime parameters by employing the Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis methodology.