[SEMINARI] [SEMINAR] Jets from X-ray Binaries

[Enric Marco]

Title:  Jets from X-ray Binaries

by: Simone Migliari

From: Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Institut de Ciències del 
Cosmos, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona

Where: Seminari del departament d'Astronomia i Astrofísica

Date: Divendres 08 març 2013

Time: 12:00

Abstract

Jets are possibly the most spectacular and powerful phenomena in 
astrophysics. They are ubiquitous in the universe, common to a number of 
different accreting objects, from non-relativistic to relativistic 
systems, such as young stellar objects, cataclysmic variables, X-ray 
binaries and active galactic nuclei. However, the mechanism(s) of jet 
production is still poorly understood. In the search for the elements 
and parameters contributing to the formation of jets, key is the cross 
comparison of the different jet systems. The accretion disk is a common 
denominator for all these sources and seems to be essential to the 
formation of their jets. However, differences in the jet behaviour among 
these systems, indicate that also parameters proper of the accreting 
star might play a role in the jet production. I will give an overview of 
our observational knowledge of jets through studies of X-ray binaries.

http://celeste.uv.es/daa/seminari.php.UTF8?id=1068

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Facultat de Física
Universitat de València
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Phone: (34)-96-354-3069
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