Galactic jet sources and the AGN connection

dc.creatorFalcke, Heino
dc.creatorBiermann, Peter L.
dc.date1995-06-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:19:53Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:19:53Z
dc.descriptionIn order to further test our hypothesis that jets and disk around compact accreting objects are symbiotic features we investigate the newly discovered superluminal galactic radio jets GRS 1915+105 and GRO J1655-40 and the two famous galactic radio jets 1E1740-2942 and SS 433 within the framework of our couple jet/disk model developed initially for active galactic nuclei (AGN) and the galactic center source Sgr A*. By comparing the ``disk'' and radio core luminosity of those galactic jet sources with our model prediction we can show that they can easily be understood as AGN-like jets where the accretion power onto a central compact object is scaled down by several orders of magnitude. The total power of the jets must be comparable to the disk luminosity - at least for the superluminal sources. To broaden our view we also shortly discuss the situation in other galactic flat spectrum radio source associated with compact objects -- the X-ray binaries Cyg X-1, Cyg X-2, Cyg X-3 and Sco X-1 -- where a jet origin has been proposed earlier on theoretical grounds. In an disk/radio luminosity their radio cores also fall within our model prediction for scaled down radio loud and radio weak AGN-jets. Taking all sources together and comparing their L_disk/radio ratio we find an indication for a similar radio loud/radio weak dichotomy as found earlier for quasar radio cores, however, a larger number of galactic jet sources is needed to confirm this trend.
dc.descriptionsubm. to A. & A., LaTeX, 10 pages, 2 figures added with figures command, hardcopy or PS file available on request and from http://speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de:8001i/home/spcklt/hfalcke/publications.html
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9506138
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9506138
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10042
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGalactic jet sources and the AGN connection
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