EPISODIC EJECTION OF RELATIVISTIC JETS BY THE X-RAY TRANSIENT GRO J1655-40

被引:504
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HJELLMING, RM
RUPEN, MP
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[1] National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM
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10.1038/375464a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
GRO J1655-40, a recently discovered black-hole candidate, is an ideal system for studying Jets of material from the accretion disk around a black hole. Observations of the radio emission show two highly collimated relativistic jets, one on each side of the source, which expand and decay over a few days. The jet ejection, at 92% of the speed of light, appears episodic and asymmetric; the alternate brightening and fading of the jets cannot be explained by relativistic beaming.
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