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Chorros relativistas de origen estelar: los microcuasares

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Galactic microquasars are certainly one of the most recent additions to the field of high energy Astrophysics. These new objects are just X-ray binaries with the ability to generate relativistic jets and their interest has been growing during the last decade. Today, they represent primary targets for all space based observatories working in the X-ray and [gamma]-ray domains. Behind such interest, there is hope that their study will assist us to understand some of the analog phenomena observed in distant quasars and active galactic nuclei, wich share with microquasars practically the same scaled-up physics. Microquasars are also believed to be among the different kind of sources responsible for the violent and ever changing appearance of the [gamma]-ray ski. In this paper we review the general situation of the microquasar topic, their identification and study, including comments on the recent observational and theoretical discoveries most relevant in our opinion.

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Astrofísica, Astronomia de raigs X, Quàsars, Jets (Astrofísica), Nucli galàctic actiu, Estels binaris de raigs X

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Astrophysics, X-ray astronomy, Quasars, Astrophysical jets, Active galactic nuclei, X-ray binaries

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PAREDES I POY, Josep Maria and MARTÍ RIBAS, Josep. Chorros relativistas de origen estelar: los microcuasares. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Astronomía . 2002. Vol. 8, num. 22-35. [consulted: 7 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/46863

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