Synergies in extragalactic and Galactic jet research

Abstract

The discovery of relativistic jets and superluminal sources associated with accreting X-ray binaries in the Galaxy opened new ways of investigating the physics of outflows from compact objects. The short timescales and relatively large angular sizes of Galactic jets allow to probe the physics of relativistic outflows to unprecedented details. In this article I discuss results of recent modelling of Galactic jets, covering both radiative and dynamical aspects, which can shed light on different features of their extragalactic cousins.

9 pages, 7 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 313: "Extragalactic jets from every angle", Galapagos, Ecuador, 15-19 September 2014, F. Massaro, C. C. Cheung, E. Lopez, and A. Siemiginowska (Eds.), Cambridge University Press

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• The spectral energy distribution of compact jets powered by internal shocks
• Jet contributions to the broad-band spectrum of Cyg X-1 in the hard state
• Production of gamma rays and neutrinos in the dark jets of the microquasar SS433
• Propagation of very high energy gamma-rays inside massive binaries LS 5039 and LSI +61 303
• Gamma-ray absorption in the microquasar SS433