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In this work, we simulate $\gamma$-rays created in the hadronic jets of the compact object in binary stellar systems known as microquasars. We utilize as main computational tool the $3$-D relativistic magneto-hydro-dynamical code PLUTO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-02 Odysseas Kosmas , Theodoros Smponias

The hadronic jets in a micro-quasar stellar system are modelled with the relativistic hydrocode PLUTO. We focus on neutrino emission from such jets produced by fast proton (non-thermal) collisions on thermal ones within the hadronic jet. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-13 Theodoros Smponias , Odysseas Kosmas

High-mass microquasar jets, produced in an accreting compact object in orbit around a massive star, must cross a region filled with stellar wind. The combined effects of the wind and orbital motion can strongly affect the jet properties on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Maxim V. Barkov , Valenti Bosch-Ramon

Recently, microquasar jets have aroused the interest of many researchers focusing on the astrophysical plasma outflows and various jet ejections. In this work, we concentrate on the investigation of electromagnetic radiation and particle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-02 Th. V. Papavasileiou , O. T. Kosmas , J. Sinatkas

Recently, microquasar jets have aroused the interest of many researchers focusing on the astrophysical plasma outflows and various jet ejections. In this work, we concentrate on the investigation of electromagnetic radiation and particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Theodora Papavasileiou , Odysseas Kosmas , Ioannis Sinatkas

In this work we develop a lepto-hadronic model for the electromagnetic radiation from jets in microquasars with low-mass companion stars. We present general results as well as applications to some specific systems, and carefully analyze the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-19 Gabriela S. Vila

Microquasar stellar systems emit electromagnetic radiation and high-energy particles. Thanks to their location within our own galaxy, they can be observed in high detail. Still, many of their inner workings remain elusive; hence,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-15 Theodoros Smponias

Gamma-rays can be produced by the interaction of a relativistic jet and the matter of the stellar wind in the subclass of massive X-ray binaries known as "microquasars". The relativistic jet is ejected from the surroundings of the compact…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-14 G. E. Romero , S. P. Owocki , A. T. Araudo , R. Townsend , P. Benaglia

Microquasar binary stellar systems emit electromagnetic radiation and high-energy particles over a broad energy spectrum. However, they are so far away that it is hard to observe their details. A simulation offers the link between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-16 Theodoros Smponias

The morphologies of detected jets in X-ray binaries are almost as diverse as their number. This is due to different jet properties and ambient media that these jets encounter. It is important to understand the physics of these objects and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-07 Manel Perucho

Microquasars are X-ray binary systems with non-thermal radio emission originated in jet-like features. They are attractive sites for gamma-ray production, since relativistic particles in the jet should traverse locally strong both photon…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gustavo E. Romero

In this work, after making an attempt to improve the formulation of the model on particle transport within astrophysical plasma outflows and constructing the appropriate algorithms, we test the reliability and effectiveness of our method…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-30 D. A. Papadopoulos , O. T. Kosmas , S. Ganatsios

In this work, after testing the reliability of our algorithms through numerical simulations on the well-studied SS 433 Galactic microquasar, we focus on neutrino and $\gamma$-ray emissions from the extragalactic M33 X-7 system. This is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-27 D. A. Papadopoulos , Th. V. Papavasileiou , T. S. Kosmas

I review some of the basic observational details of jets from X-ray binaries, or `microquasars'. It is shown that in both (Z and Atoll) NS and BHC systems radio emission, and therefore jet formation, is correlated with the presence of hard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Rob Fender

Microquasars are binary systems that harbor a normal star and a compact object (black-hole or neutron star), and show relativistic outflows (or jets). The matter that forms these jets is of likely stellar origin, previously expelled from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-27 V. Bosch-Ramon

A population of unidentified gamma-ray sources is forming a structure resembling a halo around the Galactic center. These sources are highly variable, and hence they should be associated with compact objects. Microquasars are objects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-02 Gustavo E. Romero , Gabriela S. Vila

We study the spectral energy distribution of gamma rays and neutrinos in the precessing microquasar SS433 as a result of pp interactions within its dark jets. Gamma-ray absorption due to interactions with matter of the extended disk and of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Matias M. Reynoso , Gustavo E. Romero , Hugo R. Christiansen

Broadband emission from relativistic outflows (jets) of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) contains valuable information about the nature of the jet itself, and about the central engine which launches it. Using special…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Petar Mimica , Miguel Angel Aloy , Jesus M. Rueda-Becerril , Siham Tabik , Carmen Aloy

We investigate supersonic, axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jets with a time-dependent injection velocity by numerical simulations with the PLUTO code. Using a comprehensive set of parameters, we explore different jet configurations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-02 Ovidiu Tesileanu , Andrea Mignone , Silvano Massaglia , Francesca Bacciotti

Recently X-ray emission from protostellar jets has been detected with both XMM-Newton and Chandra satellites, but the physical mechanism which can give rise to this emission is still unclear. We performed an extensive exploration of a wide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Bonito , S. Orlando , G. Peres , F. Favata , R. Rosner
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