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- Title
Large-scale, decelerating, relativistic x-ray jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-564.
- Authors
Corbel, S; Fender, R P; Tzioumis, A K; Tomsick, J A; Orosz, J A; Miller, J M; Wijnands, R; Kaaret, P
- Abstract
We have detected, at x-ray and radio wavelengths, large-scale moving jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-564. Plasma ejected from near the black hole traveled at relativistic velocities for at least 4 years. We present direct evidence for gradual deceleration in a relativistic jet. The broadband spectrum of the jets is consistent with synchrotron emission from high-energy (up to 10 tera-electron volts) particles that were accelerated in the shock waves formed within the relativistic ejecta or by the interaction of the jets with the interstellar medium. XTE J1550-564 offers a rare opportunity to study the dynamical evolution of relativistic jets on time scales inaccessible for active galactic nuclei jets, with implications for our understanding of relativistic jets from Galactic x-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2002, Vol 298, Issue 5591, p196
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1075857