29 citations
2 papers
astro-ph.CO2009★ 26 cited
Shrinking the Braneworld: Black Hole in a Globular Cluster
Oleg Y. Gnedin, Thomas J. Maccarone, Dimitrios Psaltis +1
Large extra dimensions have been proposed as a possible solution to the hierarchy problem in physics. One of the suggested models, the RS2 braneworld model, makes a prediction that…
astro-ph2008★ 29 cited
Blazing trails: Microquasars as head-tail sources and the seeding of magnetized plasma into the ISM
S. Heinz, H. J. Grimm, R. A. Sunyaev +1
We discuss the dynamics of microquasar jets in the interstellar medium, with specific focus on the effects of the X-ray binaries' space velocity with respect to the local Galactic…