Microquasars: hard X-ray/gamma-ray emission
Astrophysics
2009-11-06 v1
Abstract
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 (30-500 keV) X-ray emission. At gamma-ray (> 500 keV) energies, the relation is not so clear. Possible physical connections between the presence of a jet, with a population of relativistic electrons, and the emission of hard X-rays, are briefly discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0101233,
title = {Microquasars: hard X-ray/gamma-ray emission},
author = {Rob Fender},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0101233},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To be published in Proc. International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Heidelberg, Eds. F. Aharonian & H. Voelk, 2001, AIP, in press