Neutrinos from Microquasars

The jets of microquasars with high-mass stellar companions are exposed to the dense matter field of the stellar wind as well as to the photon densities found in the surrounding medium. Photopion and proton-proton interactions could then lead to copious production of neutrinos. In this work, we analy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Torres, Diego F., Romero, Gustavo Esteban, Mirabel Miquele, Igor Felix
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/29699
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/29699
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:X ray binaries
Winds
Outflows
Gamma ray observations
Microquasars
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:The jets of microquasars with high-mass stellar companions are exposed to the dense matter field of the stellar wind as well as to the photon densities found in the surrounding medium. Photopion and proton-proton interactions could then lead to copious production of neutrinos. In this work, we analyze the hadronic microquasar model, particularly in what concerns to the neutrino production. Limits to this kind of models using data from AMANDA-II are established. New constraints are also imposed upon specific microquasar models based on photopion processes. These are very restrictive particularly for the case of SS433, a microquasar for which the presence of accelerated hadrons has been already inferred from iron X-ray line observations.