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Relativistic superluminal radio jets in microquasars in our galaxy

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We discuss the origin of superluminal radio jets in Black hole X-ray binaries with relativistic radio jets in our Galaxy popularly known as microquasars. We classify the relativistic superluminal jet according to the radio emission in black hole X-ray binaries (transient or persistent) rather than the mass of the companion. The black hole X-ray binaries with transient radio emission (mostly LMXBs) produce superluminal jets with βapp>\beta_{app} > 1 when the accretion rate, m˙accr\dot{m}_{accr} is high and the bolometric luminosity Lbol_{bol} approaches the Eddington Luminosity, LEdd_{Edd}. On the other hand, the black hole X-ray binaries with persistent radio emission (mostly HMXBs) produce superluminal jets with βapp<\beta_{app} < 1 at relatively low m˙accr\dot{m}_{accr}. We specially discuss the case of V4641 Sgr, a HMXB with transient radio emission which produces superluminal radio jets like in LMXBs.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0612070,
  title  = {Relativistic superluminal radio jets in microquasars in our galaxy},
  author = {J S Yadav},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0612070},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures,VI Microquasar Workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, September 18-22, 2006, Como, Italy