MAXI, LOFAR and Microquasars -- All-sky monitoring of X-ray binaries in X-rays and radio --
Abstract
In this paper I will discuss future synergies between the Japanese MAXI X-ray all-sky monitor, to be placed on the International Space Station in 2009, and the next-generation radio astronomy array LOFAR, currently under construction in The Netherlands. The wide fields of view and multiple beams of LOFAR will allow, in combination with MAXI, simultaneous all-sky monitoring of the sky in both the X-ray and radio bands. Focussing on microquasars, X-ray binary jet systems, I discuss how the combination of MAXI and LOFAR will help us to further understand the accretion--outflow coupling in such systems.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics with All-Sky X-Ray Observations
- Pub Date:
- March 2009
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.0810.0954
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0810.0954
- Bibcode:
- 2009aaxo.conf...76F
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Proc. MAXI workshop on Astrophysics with All-sky X-ray Observations 2008