Microquasar V4641 Sgr: A New Cosmic Ray Source?

Microquasar V4641 Sgr: A New Cosmic Ray Source?

Microquasars, like V4641 Sgr, are binary star systems with a black hole that pulls material from a companion star. They are fascinating objects for astronomers because they can produce jets of relativistic particles. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory observed TeV gamma-ray emissions from V4641 Sgr. These observations suggest that the microquasar is accelerating particles far from the black hole, in a region much larger than the binary system itself. It supports the idea that microquasars may be more common sources of galactic cosmic rays than previously thought.

Future observations, particularly with neutrino detectors, could provide further evidence for the hadronic scenario and confirm the role of microquasars as cosmic ray accelerators.


Publication: HAWC collaboration, "Very high energy particle acceleration powered by the jets of the microquasar SS 433", Nature 562 (2018), 82-85 (arXiv:1810.01892)


Acknowledgements: The podcast has been prepared using Google/NotebookLM. Image credits: HAWC Collaboration

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