Bibcode
Russell, D. M.; Fender, R. P.; Jonker, P.; Maitra, D.
Bibliographical reference
A DECADE OF ACCRETING MILLISECOND X-RAY PULSARS. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1068, pp. 221-224 (2008).
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2008
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Description
Transient radio emission from X-ray binaries is associated with
synchrotron emission from collimated jets that escape the system, and
accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs) are no exception. Although
jets from black hole X-ray binaries are well-studied, those from neutron
star systems appear much fainter, for reasons yet uncertain. Jets are
usually undetectable at higher frequencies because of the relative
brightness of other components such as the accretion disk. AMXPs
generally have small orbital separations compared with other X-ray
binaries and as such their disks are relatively faint. Here, I present
data that imply jets in fact dominate the radio-to-optical spectrum of
outbursting AMXPs. They therefore may provide the best opportunity to
study the behavior of jets produced by accreting neutron stars, and
compare them to those produced by black hole systems.