出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：Microquasars are in many ways similar to their massive counterparts, the radio loud population of
AGNs. One aspect that is just beginning to receive the due amount of attention is their interaction
with the interstellar medium. This interaction is similar on a qualitative level, but different quantitatively:
The interstellar medium provides a much weaker barrier to microquasar jets than the
intergalactic medium does to AGN jets. As is the case in AGN jets, the interaction of microquasar
jets with the ISM should manifest itself through three observable channels, which we explore
sequentially in this article: (a) the inflation of radio lobes, (b) the production of dense shells of
swept up ISM around those lobes, and (c) the direct interaction of radio plasma with the ISM in
the form of a working surface or hot spot. We present simple scaling relations that can be used as
guides to design search campaigns and to analyze existing observations of lobes and shells around
microquasars.
