Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-04-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Accepted by A&A
Scientific paper
Neutron-star and black-hole X-ray binaries (XRBs) exhibit radio jets, whose properties depend on the X-ray spectral state and history of the source. In particular, black-hole XRBs emit compact, steady radio jets when they are in the so-called hard state, the jets become eruptive as the sources move toward the soft state, disappear in the soft state, and re-appear when the sources return to the hard state. On the other hand, jets from neutron-star X-ray binaries are typically weaker radio emitters than the black-hole ones at the same X-ray luminosity and in some cases radio emission is detected in the soft state. Significant phenomenology has been accumulated so far regarding the spectral states of neutron-star and black-hole XRBs, and there is general agreement about the type of the accretion disk around the compact object in the various spectral states. Our aim is to investigate whether the phenomenology regarding the X-ray emission on one hand and the jet appearance and disappearance on the other can be put together in a consistent physical picture. It has been shown that the so-called Poynting-Robertson Cosmic Battery (PRCB) explains in a natural way the formation of magnetic fields in the disks of AGN and the ejection of jets. We investigate whether the PRCB can also explain the formation, destruction, and variability of jets in XRBs. We find excellent agreement between the conditions under which the PRCB is efficient (i.e., the type of the accretion disk) and the emission or destruction of the radio jet. The disk-jet connection in XRBs is explained in a natural way using the PRCB.
Christodoulou Dimitris M.
Contopoulos Ioannis
Kazanas Demos
Kylafis Nick D.
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