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Science 15 January 1982:
Vol. 215. no. 4530, pp. 247 - 252
DOI: 10.1126/science.215.4530.247
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Relativistic Jets in SS 433

Bruce Margon 1

1 Professor and chairman of the Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

A variety of recent optical, radio, and x-ray observation have confirmed the hypothesis that the peculiar star SS 433 is ejecting two narrow, opposed, highly collimated jets of matter at one-quarter the speed of light. This unique behavior is probably driven by mass exchange between a relatively normal star and a compact companion, either a neutron star or a black hole. However, numerous details regarding the energetics, radiation, acceleration, and collimation of the jets remain to be understood. This phenomenon may well be a miniature example of similar collimated ejection of gas by active extragalactic objects such as quasars and radio galaxies.


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