Relativistic jets from X-ray binaries: Recent advances
- 1 January 2001
- proceedings article
- Published by AIP Publishing in AIP Conference Proceedings
- Vol. 599 (1) , 101-110
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1434623
Abstract
I summarize important recent advances in the observation of relativistic jets from X-ray binary systems. Specifically I concentrate on a comparison of jet production in neutron star and black hole candidate X-ray binaries, and on the relation between black hole state and jet formation. It is concluded that jet formation is probably broadly similar in low magnetic field neutron stars and black holes, and that there is a clear empirical relation between jet formation and black hole state. Furthermore the strong correlations observed between hard X-rays and radio emission point to a physical connection between the Comptonising corona and the jet.Keywords
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