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X-Ray Emission from the Jets of XTE J1550-564

(2002)

Authors:

P Kaaret, S Corbel, JA Tomsick, RP Fender, JM Miller, JA Orosz, AK Tzioumis, R Wijnands
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X-Ray Jet Emission from the Black Hole X-Ray Binary XTE J1550-564 with Chandra in 2000

(2002)

Authors:

John A Tomsick, Stephane Corbel, Rob Fender, Jon M Miller, Jerome A Orosz, Tasso Tzioumis, Rudy Wijnands, Philip Kaaret
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Variable circular polarization associated with relativistic ejections from GRS 1915 + 105

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 336:1 (2002) 39-46

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RP Fender, D Rayner, DG McCormick, TWB Muxlow, GG Pooley, RJ Sault, RE Spencer
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Large-Scale, Decelerating, Relativistic X-ray Jets from the Microquasar XTE J1550-654

(2002)

Authors:

S Corbel, RP Fender, AK Tzioumis, JA Tomsick, JA Orosz, JM Miller, R Wijnands, P Kaaret
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Large-scale, decelerating, relativistic x-ray jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-564.

Science (New York, N.Y.) 298:5591 (2002) 196-199

Authors:

S Corbel, RP Fender, AK Tzioumis, JA Tomsick, JA Orosz, JM Miller, R Wijnands, P Kaaret

Abstract:

We have detected, at x-ray and radio wavelengths, large-scale moving jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-564. Plasma ejected from near the black hole traveled at relativistic velocities for at least 4 years. We present direct evidence for gradual deceleration in a relativistic jet. The broadband spectrum of the jets is consistent with synchrotron emission from high-energy (up to 10 tera-electron volts) particles that were accelerated in the shock waves formed within the relativistic ejecta or by the interaction of the jets with the interstellar medium. XTE J1550-564 offers a rare opportunity to study the dynamical evolution of relativistic jets on time scales inaccessible for active galactic nuclei jets, with implications for our understanding of relativistic jets from Galactic x-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.
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