Microquasars - Proceedings of the third Microquasar Workshop, Granada Workshop on Galactic Relativistic Jet Sources, Granada (Spain), 11-13 September 2000
Contributors: Alberto J. Castro-Tirado (Editor); Jochen Greiner (Editor); Josep M. Paredes (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780792369233
Subjects: Galaxies, clusters, intergalactic matter; Stars, interstellar matter; Astrophysics; Descriptive Astronomy; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - Universe; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Astrophysics & Space Science; Cosmology; Astrophysical jets; Congresses; Quasars
First sentence: X-ray novae are binary systems that eventually undergo a significant increase in their X-ray flux due to an episodic enhancement of mass transfer between the normal star and its compact companion (see e.g. Tanaka and Shibazaki, 1996).