ACCRETION INSTABILITIES AND JET FORMATION IN GRS-1915+105

Citation
If. Mirabel et al., ACCRETION INSTABILITIES AND JET FORMATION IN GRS-1915+105, Astronomy and astrophysics, 330(1), 1998, pp. 9-12
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
330
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
9 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1998)330:1<9:AIAJFI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report simultaneous observations in the X-ray, infrared, and radio wavelengths of the galactic superluminal source GRS 1915+105. During e pisodes of rapid disappearance and follow up replenishment of the inne r accretion disk evidenced by the X-ray oscillating flux, we observe t he ejection of relativistic plasma clouds in the form of synchrotron f lares at infrared and radio wavelengths. The expelled clouds contain v ery energetic particles with Lorentz factors of similar to 10(3), or m ore. These ejections can be viewed as small-scale analogs of the more massive ejecta with relativistic bulk motions that have been previousl y observed in GRS 1915+105.