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Microquasars: disk–jet coupling in stellar-mass black holes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

I. Félix Mirabel
I. Félix Mirabel*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Santiago, Chile email: fmirabel@eso.org
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Abstract

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Microquasars provide new insights into: 1) the physics of relativistic jets from black holes, 2) the connection between accretion and ejection, and 3) the physical mechanisms in the formation of stellar-mass black holes. Furthermore, the studies of microquasars in our Galaxy can provide in the future new insights on: 1) a large fraction of the ultraluminous X-ray sources in nearby galaxies, 2) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) of long duration in distant galaxies, and 3) the physics in the jets of blazars. If jets in GRBs, microquasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are due to a unique universal magnetohydrodynamic mechanism, synergy of the research on these three different classes of cosmic objects will lead to further progress in black hole physics and astrophysics.

Keywords

Black hole physics – X-rays – binaries: jets – stars: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S238: Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies – Across the Range of Masses , August 2006 , pp. 19 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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