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- Title
VHE GAMMA-RAYS FROM GALACTIC X-RAY BINARY SYSTEMS.
- Authors
PAREDES, J. M.
- Abstract
The detection of TeV gamma-rays from LS 5039 and the binary pulsar PSR B1259–63 by HESS, and from LS I +61 303 and the stellar-mass black hole Cygnus X-1 by MAGIC, provides clear evidence of very efficient acceleration of particles to multi-TeV energies in X-ray binaries. These observations demonstrate the richness of nonthermal phenomena in compact galactic objects containing relativistic outflows or winds produced near black holes and neutron stars. I review here some of the main observational results on very high energy (VHE) γ-ray emission from X-ray binaries, as well as some of the proposed scenarios to explain the production of VHE γ-rays. I put special emphasis on the flare TeV emission, suggesting that the flaring activity might be a common phenomena in X-ray binaries.
- Subjects
GAMMA rays; X-ray binaries; CYGNUS X-1; GRAVITATIONAL collapse; PARTICLES (Nuclear physics)
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics D: Gravitation, Astrophysics & Cosmology, 2008, Vol 17, Issue 10, p1849
- ISSN
0218-2718
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0218271808013480