Jet-powered optical nebulae from X-ray binaries

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dc.creatorRussell, David M.
dc.creatorFender, Rob P.
dc.creatorGallo, Elena
dc.creatorMiller-Jones, James C. A.
dc.creatorKaiser, Christian R.
dc.date2006-11-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:03:26Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:03:26Z
dc.descriptionAccreting black holes and neutron stars release an unknown fraction of the infalling particles and energy in the form of collimated jets. The jets themselves are radiatively inefficient, but their power can be constrained by observing their interaction with the surrounding environment. Here we present observations of X-ray binary jet-ISM interactions which produce optical line emission, using the ESO/MPI 2.2m and Isaac Newton Telescopes. We constrain the time-averaged power of the Cyg X-1 jet-powered nebula, and present a number of new candidate nebulae discovered. Comparisons are made to the large scale lobes of extragalactic AGN. We also speculate that some emission line emitters close to X-ray binaries in M31 are likely to be microquasar jet-powered nebulae.
dc.description9 pages, 6 figures; will appear in the proceedings of the Sixth Microquasar workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, 18-22 September 2006 in Como, Italy (eds: T. Belloni et al. 2006; higher resolution figures will be available from the open-access Proceedings of Science website http://pos.sissa.it/)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611057
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611057
dc.identifierPoSMQW6:059,2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/226803
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleJet-powered optical nebulae from X-ray binaries
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