NRAO/Socorro Colloquium Series
Katherine Blundell
Oxford
Modes of mass-loss in Microquasars
Black holes in our Galaxy, such as those in the
microquasars SS433 and Cygnus X-3, demonstrate dynamic behaviour in
accretion and dramatic mass outflows. We observe winds and relativistic
plasma jets to emerge from these objects which resemble the the winds
and relativistic plasma jets to emerge from these objects whick
resemble the modes of mas-loss in the supermassive black holes of
powerful quasars in the distant universe. Time-resolved observations of
the accretion and subsequent mass-loss from microquasars offers great
rewards in therms of information about the nature of these remarkable
phenomena in the Universe. I will describe how combined
multi-wavelength strategies across the electromagnetic spectum continu
to yield new discoveries and discuss how time-resolved observations
have let to the discovery of a further mode of mass-loss in SS433 via a
circumbinary disc. I shall present the exquisitely detailed behaviour
of these modes of mas-loss before, during and after a major flare event
in this object, with reference to comparable behavior seen in similar
objects.
September 14, 2012
11:00 am
Array Operations Center Auditorium
All NRAO employees are invited to attend via video, available in Charlottesville Room 230, Green Bank Room 137 and Tucson N525.
Local Host: Amy Mioduszewski
