• Fate of Jets in X-ray binaries: jet-wind interaction

    Relativistic jets are ubiquitous and we can observe them in a wide range of scales: from stellar-mass objects (e.g., stellar-mass black holes, neutron stars or pulsars) to massive objects (e.g., active galactic nuclei, radio galaxies). In fact, those jets are key players in shaping our universe into what it is now. For example, jets from active galactic nuclei are powerful and capable of reaching very far from the central region of their host galaxy, it is generally accepted that they have provided a huge amount of heating into the universe. Without the heating, most galaxies might have significantly cooled down a long time ago; and had only old stars or…

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