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We have carried out radio studies of the surroundings of the superluminal microquasar GRS~1915+105. Our main goal was to understand the possible relation of GRS~1915+105 with two infrared/radio sources that appear symmetrically located with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. F. Rodriguez , I. Felix Mirabel

We report infrared observations of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 using the NICMOS instrument of the Hubble Space Telescope during 9 visits in April-June 2003. During epochs of high X-ray/radio activity near the beginning and end of this…

Microquasars, X-ray binaries displaying relativistic jets driven by accretion onto a compact object, are some of the most efficient accelerators in the Galaxy. Theoretical models predict Very High Energy (VHE) emission at the base of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 T. Y. Saito , R. Zanin , P. Bordas , V. Bosch-Ramon , T. Jogler , J. M. Paredes , M. Ribo , M. Rissi , J. Rico , D. F. Torres

We present evidence that ~ 30 minute episodes of jet formation in the Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 may sometimes entirely be a superposition of smaller, faster phenomena. We base this conclusion on simultaneous X-ray and infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David M. Rothstein , Stephen S. Eikenberry , Keith Matthews

The variability in the infrared to millimetre emission from microquasar GRS 1915+105 is believed to be dominated by the system's relativistic jet. In this paper we develop a time-dependent version of the Blandford & Koenigl (1979) jet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ross S. Collins , Christian R. Kaiser , Simon J. Cox

I present an observational review of the five accretion-driven millisecond X-ray pulsars currently known, focusing on the results obtained with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. A prominent place in this review is given to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rudy Wijnands

We present a comprehensive study of GRS 1915+105 in wide energy band ($0.5-60$ keV) using AstroSat observations during the period of $2016-2019$. The MAXI X-ray lightcurve of the source shows rise and decay profiles similar to canonical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Athulya M. P. , Radhika D. , V. K. Agrawal , Ravishankar B. T. , Sachindra Naik , Samir Mandal , Anuj Nandi

Microquasars, Galactic binary systems showing extended and variable radio emission, are potential gamma-ray emitters. Indications of gamma-ray transient episodes have been reported in at least two systems, Cyg X-1 and Cyg X-3. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 F. Schüssler , P. Bordas , P. M. Chadwick , H. Dickinson , J. -P. Ernenwein

We have observed microquasar GRS 1915+105 at 1.28 GHz for 8 days from June 18 to July 1, 2001 using Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We have seen several isolated radio baby flares of varying intensity and duration. We have also…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. S. Yadav , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , A. Pramesh Rao , G. G. Pooley

We analyse the radiation pressure instability of the standard, optically thisc disc and propose it as an explanation of the obseved variability of the superluminal microquasar GRS 1915+105. The quantitave agreement with the observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Agnieszka Janiuk , Bozena Czerny , Aneta Siemiginowska , Marek A. Abramowicz

We present a temporal analysis of a BeppoSAX observation of GRS 1915+105 performed on April 13, 1999 when the source was in the rho class, which is characterised by quasi-regular bursting activity. The aim of the present work is to confirm…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 T. Mineo , F. Massa , E. Massaro , A. D'Ai

We have analyzed publicly available RXTE/PCAs archival data of GRS 1915+105 during its burst/flaring state. The burst cycle ranges from 30 to 1300 s. These bursts are different from the type I and type II classical bursts seen in Low Mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. S. Yadav , A. R. Rao

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

The galactic superluminal motion source GRS 1915+105 was observed with RXTE at several occasions during its ongoing active state. The observed X-ray intensity changes drastically on a variety of time scales ranging from sub-seconds to days.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Greiner , E. H. Morgan , R. A. Remillard

We present results of our analysis of a set of RXTE/PCA observations of X-ray flares/bursts with burst cycle ranging from 30 to 1300 s from the Galactic X-ray transient source GRS 1915+105 during last four years. These flares/bursts can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. S. Yadav , A. R. Rao

We present mid-infrared (4-18 micron) observations of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 obtained with ISOCAM, the camera on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), in 1996 April and 1997 October. The first observation probably occurred…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Yael Fuchs , I. Felix Mirabel , Arnaud Claret

GRS 1915+105 was observed by BeppoSAX for about 10 days in October 2000. For about 80% of the time, the source was in the variability class $\rho$, characterised by a series of recurrent bursts. We describe the results of the timing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 E. Massaro , G. Ventura , F. Massa , M. Feroci , T. Mineo , G. Cusumano , P. Casella , T. Belloni

The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite was launched on 30 December 1995. It has made substantial contributions pertaining to compact objects and their environs. Broad-band spectral and short-time-scale temporal studies are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hale V. Bradt

We present evidence that ~ 30 minute episodes of jet formation in GRS 1915+105 may sometimes be a superposition of smaller, faster phenomena. Based on observations in 2002 July using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and the Palomar 5 meter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David M. Rothstein , Stephen S. Eikenberry , Keith Matthews

We present simultaneous infrared and X-ray observations of the Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 using the Palomar 5-m telescope and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer on July 10, 1998 UT. Over the course of 5 hours, we observed 6 faint infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Eikenberry , K. Matthews , M. Muno , P. Blanco , E. Morgan , R. Remillard