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15-12-2009
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Today's colloquium: The disc-jet coupling in X-ray binary systems (V. Tudose, ASTRON)

Submitter: Valeriu Tudose
Description: It is now established that an interdependence exists between the accretion disc and the jet in an X-ray binary system (XRB). Moreover, the evidence is mounting that the accretion/ejection processes at work in XRBs are similar to those acting in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). I will showcase the evidence for the disc-jet coupling in XRBs and how it relates to its AGN counterpart, and present a few study cases on particular systems. Although we have a relatively good general understanding of the coupling, the details are missing and, more interestingly, are at times puzzling.
Copyright: V. Tudose
 
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