Screw Instability in Black Hole Magnetosphere and kHz QPOs inX-Ray Binaries

Screw instability of the magnetic field connecting a rotating black hole (BH) with its surrounding disc is discussed in coexistence with the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) process and the magnetic coupling (MC) process. A scenario for kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in x-ray binaries is proposed by introducing inductance components in the equivalent circuit for BH magnetosphere. It turns out that the period related to the screw instability is consistent with the observations of kHz QPO x-ray binaries.