2000/11/16 by I. F. Mirabel
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as Astrophys.Space Sci. 276 (2001) 319-327 · 9 pages, no figures. Summary of discussions to be published in Proc. of 3rd Microquasar workshop, Granada, Sept. 2000. Eds. A.J. Castro-Tirado, J. Greiner and M. Paredes. Astrophysics and Space Science
arxiv created 2000/11/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The discovery and subsequent study of microquasars lead to major progress in our understanding of: 1) the nature of relativistic jets seen elsewhere in the universe, and 2) the connection between the accretion onto compact objects and the formation of collimated jets. A detailed account of the major progress accomplished until present was published in Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Mirabel & Rodr'ıguez, 1999). Here I review the questions that remain unanswered, as well as the future perspectives that this new field of research is opening.