Jets and outflows in microquasars
ASTR SOC P 330 (2005) 91-102
Abstract:
I discuss the importance of studies of jets and outflows in the Galaxy from binary star systems, popularly known as microquasars. Because of the rapid timescales on which they evolve, pertinent observations of microquasar jets can help tighten up the theoretical framework in which jet properties of quasars can be interpreted. I draw attention to a new method for constraining jet speed which renders original approaches, which do not incorporate jet evolution, obsolete. I describe new results on two particular microquasars, SS 433 and Cygnus X-3. I compare and contrast the jet characteristics of these two microquasars, noting the persistent jet activity of SS 433 with the intermittent jet activity of Cygnus X-3.Numerical Simulations of the MRI and real disks
Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects 330 (2005) 185-196
The impact of active galaxies on the Universe at large - Preface
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 363:1828 (2005) 611-612
The post-outburst radio evolution of Cygnus X-3
ASTR SOC P 340 (2005) 312-314
Abstract:
Cygnus X-3 is one of the most famous Galactic relativistic jet sources, often undergoing flares to 1 Jy or more. Here we present VLBA imaging at 15 and 22 GHz after the September 2001 outburst and contrast the one-sided nature of the VLBI jets with the two-sided jet seen in VLA images of this source.What can we learn from neutron star X-ray binaries’ jets?
Chapter in Astrophysics and Space Science, Springer Nature (2005) 197-209