Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Aims. The spectacular variability of microquasars has led to many efforts to classify their observed behaviors in a few states. The progress made in the understanding of the quasi-periodic oscillations observed in these objects now makes it possible to develop a new way of identifying order in their behavior, based on the theorized physical processes associated with these oscillations. This development will also help us to reunite microquasars in a single classification based on the physical processes at work and therefore independent of their specific properties (mass, variation timescale, outburst history, etc.). This classification is intended to be a tool to improve our understanding of microquasar behavior and not to replace phenomenological states.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: P. Varniere, M. Tagger, J. Rodriguez
Institutions: Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, Université d'Orléans, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’Espace, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W1982316229