Gamma-ray emission from jet-clump interactions

ROMERO, GUSTAVO E; OWOCKI, S.P.; A. T. ARAUDO; R. TOWNSEND

Congreso; Reunion Anual de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia; 2006

Microquasars can produce gamma-rays through the interaction of a relativistic jet and matter of the wind from the stellar companion. The jet is ejected from the surroundings of the compact object and interacts with cold protons from the wind, producing pions that then quickly decay into gamma-rays. In the present contribution we calculate the spectral energy distribution and light curve produced by the interaction of a clumpy wind with the relativistic jet.