Microquasars: Open Questions and Future Perspectives
Abstract
The discovery and subsequent study of microquasars lead to major progress in our understanding of: 1) the nature of relativistic jets seen elsewhere in the universe, and 2) the connection between the accretion onto compact objects and the formation of collimated jets. A detailed account of the major progress accomplished until present was published in Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Mirabel & Rodr\'\i guez, 1999). Here I review the questions that remain unanswered, as well as the future perspectives that this new field of research is opening.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0011315,
title = {Microquasars: Open Questions and Future Perspectives},
author = {I. F. Mirabel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0011315},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages, no figures. Summary of discussions to be published in Proc. of 3rd Microquasar workshop, Granada, Sept. 2000. Eds. A.J. Castro-Tirado, J. Greiner and M. Paredes. Astrophysics and Space Science