Bibcode
Miller-Jones, James C. A.; Sivakoff, Gregory R.; Altamirano, Diego; Körding, Elmar G.; Krimm, Hans A.; Maitra, Dipankar; Remillard, Ron A.; Russell, David M.; Tudose, Valeriu; Dhawan, Vivek; Fender, Rob P.; Heinz, Sebastian; Markoff, Sera; Migliari, Simone; Rupen, Michael P.; Sarazin, Craig L.
Bibliographical reference
Jets at all Scales, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 275, p. 224-232
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2011
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Description
Relationships between the X-ray and radio behavior of black hole X-ray
binaries during outbursts have established a fundamental coupling
between the accretion disks and radio jets in these systems. I begin by
reviewing the prevailing paradigm for this disk-jet coupling, also
highlighting what we know about similarities and differences with
neutron star and white dwarf binaries. Until recently, this paradigm had
not been directly tested with dedicated high-angular resolution radio
imaging over entire outbursts. Moreover, such high-resolution monitoring
campaigns had not previously targetted outbursts in which the compact
object was either a neutron star or a white dwarf. To address this
issue, we have embarked on the Jet Acceleration and Collimation Probe Of
Transient X-Ray Binaries (JACPOT XRB) project, which aims to use high
angular resolution observations to compare disk-jet coupling across the
stellar mass scale, with the goal of probing the importance of the depth
of the gravitational potential well, the stellar surface and the stellar
magnetic field, on jet formation. Our team has recently concluded its
first monitoring series, including (E)VLA, VLBA, X-ray, optical, and
near-infrared observations of entire outbursts of the black hole
candidate H 1743-322, the neutron star system Aquila X-1, and the white
dwarf system SS Cyg. Here I present preliminary results from this work,
largely confirming the current paradigm, but highlighting some
intriguing new behavior, and suggesting a possible difference in the jet
formation process between neutron star and black hole systems.