Radio-loud flares from microquasars and radio-loudness of quasars

(2005)

Authors:

Carlo Nipoti, Katherine M Blundell, James Binney

Jet Velocity in SS 433: Its Anticorrelation with Precession-Cone Angle and Dependence on Orbital Phase

Astrophysical Journal Letters 622 (2005) L129-L132

Authors:

KM Blundell, Michael G. Bowler

The distribution of radio plasma in time and space.

Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 363:1828 (2005) 645-654

Abstract:

The influence of jet-ejected plasma has been an important theme of this meeting; I draw attention to the prevalence of jet-ejected plasma, in particular that which has not been properly accounted for in the past. There are three strands to this paper: important emission which is prominent only at the lowest radio frequencies; relic radio plasma which must exist if even the most basic aspects of radio source evolutionary models are correct; and evidence that some 'radio-quiet' quasars could be FR-I radio sources.

Exploring the Nature of Weak Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre

ArXiv astro-ph/0501327 (2005)

Authors:

RM Bandyopadhyay, JCA Miller-Jones, KM Blundell, FE Bauer, Ph Podsiadlowski, QD Wang, S Rappaport, E Pfahl

Abstract:

We present results from the first near-IR imaging of the weak X-ray sources discovered in the Chandra/ACIS-I survey (Wang et al. 2002) towards the Galactic Centre (GC). These ~800 discrete sources, which contribute significantly to the GC X-ray emission, represent an important and previously unknown population within the Galaxy. From our VLT observations we will identify likely IR counterparts to a sample of the hardest sources, which are most likely X-ray binaries. With these data we can place constraints on the nature of the discrete weak X-ray source population of the GC.

Exploring the Nature of Weak Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre

(2005)

Authors:

RM Bandyopadhyay, JCA Miller-Jones, KM Blundell, FE Bauer, Ph Podsiadlowski, QD Wang, S Rappaport, E Pfahl