Time-Dependent Synchrotron and Compton Spectra
from Microquasar Jets


S. Gupta & M. Böttcher
in proc. of ``HEDLA 2006''
Astrophysics & Space Science, 297, 237 (2007)


Abstract

Jet models for the high-energy emission of Galactic X-ray binary sources have regained significant interest with detailed spectral and timing studies of the X-ray emission from microquasars, the recent detection by the HESS collaboration of very-high-energy gamma-rays from the microquasar LS 5039, and the earlier suggestion of jet models for ultraluminous X-ray sources observed in many nearby galaxies. Here we study the synchrotron and Compton signatures of time-dependent electron injection and acceleration, and adiabatic and radiative cooling in the jets of Galactic microquasars.

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