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most citedJoint Radiative and Kinematic Modelling of X-ray Binary Ejecta: Energy Estimate and Reverse Shock Detection

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10 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Kink instability as a particle acceleration mechanism in X-ray binaries and the connection to the outburst cycle

Emma L. Elley, James H. Matthews, Alex J. Cooper +2

We consider whether the kink instability can explain particle acceleration in hard state 'compact' X-ray binary jets. We apply a 1D model to assess the expected growth rate of the…

astro-ph.HE2026

Observational Biases and Improved Modelling of Off-axis Relativistic Jets

A. J. Cooper, A. P. Scott, L. Rhodes +8

Relativistic Doppler boosting significantly affects the observed emission of astrophysical jets resulting in observational biases. In this work we investigate the observational bia…

astro-ph.HE2026

The impact of flickering variability and magnetisation on the dynamics, stability and morphology of radio-loud AGN jets

Emma L. Elley, James H. Matthews, Henry Whitehead +1

The physics governing the morphology of radio-loud AGN jets is not fully understood. We investigate how magnetization, flickering jet power and their interplay affects the morpholo…

astro-ph.HE2026

Dynamic shocks powered by a wide, relativistic, super-Eddington outflow launched by an accreting neutron star in the mid-20th century

F. J. Cowie, R. P. Fender, I. Heywood +11

Accreting systems can launch powerful outflows which interact with the surrounding medium. We combine new radio observations of the accreting neutron star X-ray binary (XRB) Circin…

astro-ph.HE2026

Cosmic rays, gamma rays and neutrinos from discrete black hole X-ray binary ejecta

Nicolas J. Bacon, Alex J. Cooper, Dimitrios Kantzas +2

The origin of cosmic rays from outside the Solar system are unknown, as they are deflected by the interstellar magnetic field. Supernova remnants are the main candidate for cosmic…

astro-ph.HE2026

Exploring the potential for ultra-relativistic jets in Scorpius X-1 with low angular resolution radio observations

I. Stephens, L. Rhodes, A. J. Cooper +2

Scorpius X-1 (Sco X-1) is a neutron star X-ray binary in which the neutron star is accreting rapidly from a low mass stellar companion. At radio frequencies, Sco X-1 is highly lumi…

astro-ph.HE2025

Relativistic precessing jets powered by an accreting neutron star

F. J. Cowie, R. P. Fender, I. Heywood +9

Precessing relativistic jets launched by compact objects are rarely directly measured, and present an invaluable opportunity to better understand many features of astrophysical jet…

astro-ph.HE2025

Blast waves and reverse shocks: from ultra-relativistic GRBs to moderately relativistic X-ray binaries

James H. Matthews, Alex J. Cooper, Lauren Rhodes +8

Blast wave models are commonly used to model relativistic outflows from ultra-relativistic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), but are also applied to lower Lorentz factor ejections from X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 7 cited

Joint Radiative and Kinematic Modelling of X-ray Binary Ejecta: Energy Estimate and Reverse Shock Detection

A. J. Cooper, J. H. Matthews, F. Carotenuto +6

Black hole X-ray binaries in outburst launch discrete, large-scale jet ejections which can propagate to parsec scales. The kinematics of these ejecta appear to be well described by…

astro-ph.HE2024

Constraining the physical properties of large-scale jets from black hole X-ray binaries and their impact on the local environment with blast-wave dynamical models

Francesco Carotenuto, Rob Fender, Alexandra J. Tetarenko +5

Relativistic discrete ejecta launched by black hole X-ray binaries (BH XRBs) can be observed to propagate up to parsec-scales from the central object. Observing the final decelerat…