Microquasars: A Brief Overview and a Snapshot of GRS 1915+105 with INTEGRAL

Rodriguez, J.; Hannikainen, D. C.

Finland, France

Abstract

Microquasars, sources of relativistic motion, have generated a lot of interest since their discovery. In this paper we shall briefly review some general properties of microquasars, and then focus on some recent observations of one of the more notorious microquasars, GRS 1915+105.

2008 Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement
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