Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in the Proceedings of the 4th Microquasar Workshop, 2002, eds. Durouchoux, Fuchs & Rodriguez, published by the Cente
Scientific paper
We discuss the possibility that microquasar jets may be powerful emitters of TeV neutrinos. We estimate the neutrino fluxes produced by photopion production in the jets of a sample of identified microquasars and microquasar candidates, for which available data enables rough determination of the jet parameters. We demonstrate that in several of the sources considered, the neutrino flux at Earth, produced in events similar to those observed, can exceed the detection threshold of a km^2 neutrino detector. Sources with bulk Lorentz factors larger than those characteristic of the sample considered here, directed along our line of sight may be very difficult to resolve at radio wavelengths and hence may be difficult to identify as microqusar candidates. However these sources can be identified through their neutrino and gamma-ray emission.
Distefano Carla
Guetta Dafne
Levinson A. A.
Waxman Eli
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