GRS 1915+105: Ten Years After
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
It is now ten years since the first microquasar GRS 1915+105 was discovered. More than six years of observations with RossiXTE have shown a level of variability never observed in any other X-ray source. Here I try to address some issues, based on X-ray observations only, that have relevance for theoretical modeling. First, I ignore these peculiarities and concentrate on the similarities with other X-ray transients. Then I focus on the peculiar variability and present a number of obervational facts that need to be addressed by theoretical models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0208129,
title = {GRS 1915+105: Ten Years After},
author = {Tomaso Belloni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0208129},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 8 figures; to appear in Proceedings of the 4th Microquasar Workshop, eds. Ph Durouchoux, Y. Fuchs and J. Rodriguez, published by the Center for Space Physics: Kolkata