Relativistic Jets in SS 433

15 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 215 (4530) , 247-252
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.215.4530.247

Abstract

A variety of recent optical, radio, and x-ray observation have confirmed the hypothesis that the peculiar star SS 433 is ejecting two narrow, opposed, highly collimated jets of matter at one-quarter the speed of light. This unique behavior is probably driven by mass exchange between a relatively normal star and a compact companion, either a neutron star or a black hole. However, numerous details regarding the energetics, radiation, acceleration, and collimation of the jets remain to be understood. This phenomenon may well be a miniature example of similar collimated ejection of gas by active extragalactic objects such as quasars and radio galaxies.

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