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Microquasars are compact binary systems hosting collimated relativistic jets. They have long been proposed as cosmic-ray accelerators, probed via the gamma-ray emission produced by relativistic particles. However, the observational evidence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-15 G. Martí-Devesa , L. Olivera-Nieto

We report simultaneous millimetre and infrared observations of a sequence of very large amplitude quasi-periodic oscillations from the black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105. These oscillations are near the end of a sequence of over 700…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. P. Fender , G. G. Pooley

We observed the galactic microquasar GRS1915+105 in the K ($2.2 \mu$m) band on October 16 and 17, 1995 UTC using the COB infrared (IR) imager on the Kitt Peak National Observatory 2.1-m telescope with a 0.2-arcsec/pixel plate scale and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Stephen S. Eikenberry , Giovanni G. Fazio

We present 5-GHz MERLIN radio images of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 during two separate outbursts in 2001 March and 2001 July, following the evolution of the jet components as they move outwards from the core of the system. Proper motions…

We obtained EVN observations of the X-ray transient source GRS1915+105 in its radio-loud state. In 2 images obtained before a major flare, the source is resolved, showing two opposite asymmetric jets. This indicates that steady jets exist…

Using the Very Long Baseline Array, we have measured a trigonometric parallax for the micro quasar GRS 1915+105, which contains a black hole and a K-giant companion. This yields a direct distance estimate of 8.6 (+2.0,-1.6) kpc and a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 M. J. Reid , J. E. McClintock , J. F. Steiner , D. Steeghs , R. A. Remillard , V. Dhawan , R. Narayan

The Galactic black hole transient GRS1915+105 is famous for its markedly variable X-ray and radio behaviour, and for being the archetypal galactic source of relativistic jets. It entered an X-ray outburst in 1992 and has been active ever…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 S. E. Motta , J. J. E. Kajava , M. Giustini , D. R. A. Williams , M. Del Santo , R. Fender , D. A. Green , I. Heywood , L. Rhodes , A. Segreto , G. Sivakoff , P. A. Woudt

The radio emitting X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 shows a wide variety of X-ray and radio states. We present a decade of monitoring observations, with the RXTE-ASM and the Ryle Telescope, in conjunction with high-resolution radio observations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Rushton , R. E. Spencer , G. Pooley , S. Trushkin

The jets of GRS 1915+105 carry a considerable energy away from the central source into the ISM. The similarity of the jets of this source and jets in radio galaxies or radio-loud quasars suggests that we should detect large-scale,…

(Abridged) We report the results of monitoring observations of the Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 performed simultaneously with INTEGRAL and RXTE Ryle . We present the results of the whole \integral campaign, report the sources that are…

We report simultaneous X-ray and infrared (IR) observations of the Galactic microquasar GRS1915+105 using XTE and the Palomar 200-inch telescope on August 13-15, 1997 UTC. During the last two nights, the microquasar GRS 1915+105 exhibited…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. S. Eikenberry , K. Matthews , E. H. Morgan , R. A. Remillard , R. W. Nelson

We present X-ray observations of the Black-Hole Binary GRS 1915+105 made with the RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer). We concentrated on timing analysis of the strong variability focusing on its aperiodic variability on short (<1s) time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 P. Soleri , T. Belloni , P. Casella

Stellar-mass black holes with relativistic jets, also known as microquasars, mimic the behavior of quasars and active galactic nuclei. Because timescales around stellar-mass black holes are orders of magnitude smaller than those around more…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-03-26 Joseph Neilsen , Julia C. Lee

We have discovered at x-ray and radio wavelengths large-scale moving jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-654. Plasma ejected from near the black hole traveled at relativistic velocities for at least four years. We present direct evidence…

We report the detection of a series of X-ray dips in the Galactic black hole candidate GRS 1915+105 during 1999 June 6-17 from observations carried out with the Pointed Proportional Counters of the Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment on board…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Naik , P. C. Agrawal , A. R. Rao , B. Paul , S. Seetha , K. Kasturirangan

In this article, models are constructed of the compact jet in GRS 1915+105 during an epoch of optimal data capture. On April 02, 2003, the object was observed in the hard X-ray/soft gamma ray band (INTEGRAL), hard X-ray band (RXTE), near IR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Brian Punsly

We discuss the timescales for alignment of black hole and accretion disc spins in the context of binary systems. We show that for black holes that are formed with substantial angular momentum, the alignment timescales are likely to be at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Thomas J. Maccarone

We have analyzed the parsec-scale jet kinematics of 447 bright radio-loud AGN, based on 15 GHz VLBA data obtained between 1994 August 31 and 2019 August 4. We present new total intensity and linear polarization maps obtained between 2017…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-14 M. L. Lister , D. C. Homan , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. B. Pushkarev , E. Ros , T. Savolainen

We propose a simple dynamical model that may account for the observed spectral and temporal properties of GRS 1915+105 and XTE J1550-5634. The model is based on the assumption that a fraction of the radiation emitted by a hot spot lying on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Luciano Nobili

We report on the direct observation of an extended X-ray jet in the $z$=6.1 radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus PSO J030947.49+271757.31 from a deep Chandra X-ray observation (128 ksec). This detection represents the most distant kpc…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 L. Ighina , A. Moretti , F. Tavecchio , A. Caccianiga , S. Belladitta , D. Dallacasa , R. Della Ceca , T. Sbarrato , C. Spingola