出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：While jets are launched and accelerated close to the compact object in X-ray binary systems, from
that point onwards, their propagation and evolution is affected by the surrounding environment.
Depending on the properties of the environment, they may inate lobes of synchrotron-emitting
plasma, sweep up shells of shock-compressed gas from the ambient medium, or create hotspots
at the working surface where the jet impacts on the interstellar medium. Numerous examples of
such phenomena have been detected in recent years, and I provide a review of the wide range
of theoretical and observational work that has enhanced our understanding of the interaction of
X-ray binary jets with their environments. I nish by outlining the prospects for detecting more
such interactions, and the effect that the upcoming generation of instruments (particularly the new
radio facilities) will have on the eld.
