High-energy gamma-ray emission from microquasars: LS 5039 and LS I+61303

The possible associations between the microquasars LS 5039 and LS I +61 303 and the EGRET sources 3EG J1824-1514 and 3EG J0241+6103 suggest that microquasars could also be sources of high-energy gamma-rays. In this work, we present a detailed numerical inverse Compton (IC) model, based on a microqua...

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Autores: Bosch i Ramon, Valentí, Paredes i Poy, Josep Maria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/45391
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/45391
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Estels binaris de raigs X
Estels
Raigs gamma
Astronomia de raigs X
Astrofísica
X-ray binaries
Stars
Gamma rays
X-ray astronomy
Astrophysics
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Sumario:The possible associations between the microquasars LS 5039 and LS I +61 303 and the EGRET sources 3EG J1824-1514 and 3EG J0241+6103 suggest that microquasars could also be sources of high-energy gamma-rays. In this work, we present a detailed numerical inverse Compton (IC) model, based on a microquasar scenario, that reproduces the high-energy gamma-ray spectra and variability observed by EGRET for the mentioned sources. Our model considers a population of relativistic electrons entrained in a cylindrical inhomogeneous jet that interact through IC scattering with both the radiation and the magnetic fields.