Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-01-23
Astron.Astrophys. 394 (2002) 983-991
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 5 figures. Published in A&A, see http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002A%26A...394..983R
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20021238
In an attempt to increase the number of known microquasars, Paredes et al. (2002) have presented a long-term project focused on the search for new objects of this type. They performed a cross-identification between X-ray and radio catalogs under very restrictive selection criteria for sources with |b|<5 degrees, and obtained a sample of 13 radio-emitting X-ray sources. Follow-up observations of 6 of these sources with the VLA provided accurate coordinates, which were used to discover optical counterparts for all of them. We have observed these six sources with the EVN and MERLIN at 5 GHz. Five of the six objects have been detected and imaged, presenting different morphologies: one source has a two-sided jet, three sources have one-sided jets, and one source is compact. With all the presently available information, we conclude that two of the sources are promising microquasar candidates in our Galaxy.
Marti James
Massi Maria
Paredes Javier M.
Ribó Marc
Ros Eduardo
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