The termination region of high-mass microquasar jets
The environment of high-mass X-ray binaries can be characterized either by the SNR that forms these systems, or by the wind from the companion massive star. These regions should be tenuous but very hot, and surrounded by a dense and cold shocked ISM shell. The interaction between the jet and such a complex medium, also affected by the system proper motion, can lead to very different jet termination structures. The evolution of the jet termination regions during the life of a high-mass microquasar is simulated to improve the present understanding of these structures. Also, the evolving emission characteristics are modeled to inform potential observational campaigns for this class of object. …
The termination region of high-mass microquasar jets(corrigendum)
1 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland e-mail: valenti@cp.dias.ie 2 Dept. d’Astronomia i Astrofisica, Universitat de Valencia, C/ Dr. Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain e-mail: Manel.Perucho@uv.es 3 Institut fur Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universitat Tubingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tubingen, Germany 4 INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Universite de Geneve, Chemin d’Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland e-mail: pol.bordas@uni-tuebingen.de