Gamma-ray binaries and related systems

G Dubus - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2013‏ - Springer
After initial claims and a long hiatus, it is now established that several binary stars emit high-
(0.1–100 GeV) and very high-energy (> 100 GeV) gamma rays. A new class has emerged …

Particle acceleration in astrophysical jets

JH Matthews, AR Bell, KM Blundell - New Astronomy Reviews, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In this chapter, we review some features of particle acceleration in astrophysical jets. We
begin by describing four observational results relating to the topic, with particular emphasis …

[ספר][B] An introduction to radio astronomy

BF Burke, F Graham-Smith, PN Wilkinson - 2019‏ - books.google.com
Radio astronomy is an active and rapidly expanding field due to advances in computing
techniques, with several important new instruments on the horizon. This text provides a …

Catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy

QZ Liu, J Van Paradijs… - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2006‏ - aanda.org
We present a new edition of the catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy. The
catalogue contains source name (s), coordinates, finding chart, X-ray luminosity, system …

Modulated high-energy gamma-ray emission from the microquasar Cygnus X-3

Fermi LAT Collaboration, AA Abdo, M Ackermann… - Science, 2009‏ - science.org
Microquasars are accreting black holes or neutron stars in binary systems with associated
relativistic jets. Despite their frequent outburst activity, they have never been unambiguously …

On the distances to the X-ray binaries Cygnus X-3 and GRS 1915+ 105

MJ Reid, JCA Miller-Jones - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we significantly improve estimates of distance to the X-ray binary systems Cyg
X-3 and GRS 1915+ 105. We report a highly accurate trigonometric parallax measurement …

The Caltech-NRAO Stripe 82 Survey (CNSS) paper. I. The pilot radio transient survey in 50 deg2

KP Mooley, G Hallinan, S Bourke… - The Astrophysical …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We have commenced a multiyear program, the Caltech-NRAO Stripe 82 Survey (CNSS), to
search for radio transients with the Jansky VLA in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 …

Key science goals for the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope

MD Johnson, K Akiyama, L Blackburn, KL Bouman… - Galaxies, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has led to the first images of a supermassive black
hole, revealing the central compact objects in the elliptical galaxy M87 and the Milky Way …

Cygnus X-3 revealed as a Galactic ultraluminous X-ray source by IXPE

A Veledina, F Muleri, J Poutanen, J Podgorný… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The accretion of matter by compact objects can be inhibited by radiation pressure if the
luminosity exceeds a critical value known as the Eddington limit. The discovery of …

Rapid compact jet quenching in the Galactic black hole candidate X-ray binary MAXI J1535− 571

TD Russell, M Lucchini, AJ Tetarenko… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
We present results from six epochs of quasi-simultaneous radio,(sub-) millimetre, infrared,
optical, and X-ray observations of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535− 571. These …