Microquasars
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Microquasars are binary systems in our Galaxy which sporadically eject matter at relativistic speeds along bipolar jets. While phenomenologically similar to quasars, their vicinity allows much more in-depth studies. I review the observational aspects of microquasars, in particular the new developments on the interplay between accretion disk instabilities and jet ejection.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9912326,
title = {Microquasars},
author = {J. Greiner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9912326},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, LATEX with aipproc.sty, 3 ps-figs, inv. review to appear in proc. of 10th Ann. Astrophys. Conf. in Maryland "Cosmic Explosions", eds. S. Holt, W.W. Zhang, AIP; also available at http://www.aip.de/~jcg/publis.html