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Discovery of a High-Energy Gamma-Ray-Emitting Persistent Microquasar
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Microquasars are stellar x-ray binaries that behave as a scaled down version of extragalactic quasars. The star LS 5039 is a new microquasar system with apparent persistent ejection of relativistic plasma at a 3 kiloparsec distance from the sun. It may also be associated with a gamma-ray source discovered by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on board the COMPTON-Gamma Ray Observatory satellite. Before the discovery of LS 5039, merely a handful of microquasars had been identified in the Galaxy, and none of them was detected in high-energy gamma-rays.
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PAREDES I POY, Josep Maria, et al. Discovery of a High-Energy Gamma-Ray-Emitting Persistent Microquasar. Science. 2000. Vol. 288, num. 5475, pags. 2340-2342. ISSN 0036-8075. [consulted: 11 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/45392