On the interaction of jets with stellar winds in XRBs
Abstract
We present the first three-dimensional simulations of the evolution of a microquasar jet inside the binary-star system. The aim is to study the interaction of these jets with the stellar wind from a massive companion and the possible locations of high-energy emission sites. We have simulated two jets with different injection power in order to give a hint on the minimum power required for the jet to escape the system and become visible in larger scales. In the setup, we include a massive star wind filling the grid through which the jet evolves. We show that jets should have powers of the order of or more in order not to be destroyed by the stellar wind. The jet-wind interaction results in regions in which high energy emission could be produced. These results imply the possible existence of a population of X-ray binaries not detected in the radio band due to jet disruption inside the region dominated by the stellar wind.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1010.2849,
title = {On the interaction of jets with stellar winds in XRBs},
author = {M. Perucho and V. Bosch-Ramon and D. Khangulyan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.2849},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Published in Proceedings of High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows II, held in Buenos Aires, 26-30 October 2009, ed. G. Romero