INVESTIGADORES
ROMERO Gustavo Esteban
artículos
Título:
Microquasars and Gamma-ray Sources
Autor/es:
GUSTAVO .E. ROMERO
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Editorial:
Science Press
Referencias:
Lugar: Marrickville NSW; Año: 2005 vol. 5 p. 110 - 120
ISSN:
1009-9271
Resumen:
Microquasars are X-ray binary systems with non-thermal radio emission originated in jet-like features. They are attractive sites for gamma-ray production, since relativistic particles in the jet should traverse locally strong both photon and matter fields. In this review we discuss whether some of the unidentified gamma-ray sources detected by the EGRET instrument of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory might be associated with microquasars. Relevant models for gamma-ray emission in such binaries are described and prospects for the detection of microquasars with instruments of new generation are briefly evaluated.
