We address simulated neutrino emission originated from astrophysical jets of compact objects within the Galaxy. These neutrinos are of high energies (Eνof the order up to a few TeV) and for their observation specialized instruments are in operation, both on Earth and in orbit. Furthermore, some next generation telescopes and detector facilities are in the process of design and construction. The jet flow simulations are performed using the modern PLUTO hydrocode in its relativistic magnetohydrodynamic version. One of the main ingredients of the present work is the presence of a toroidal magnetic field that confines the jet flow and furthermore greatly affects the distribution of the high energy neutrinos.
The emission of γ-rays in jets emanating from the vicinity of collapsed stellar remnants, in binary systems known as microquasars, is investigated using a three dimensional relativistic hydrocode (PLUTO), in combination with two in-house radiative transfer codes. Even though a great number of stellar systems may be addressed by such models, we restrict ourselves to the concrete example of the SS433 X-ray binary, the only microquasar with a definite hadronic content in its jets, as verified from spectral line observations. A variety of system configurations have been examined, by employing a hadron-based emission mechanism. The dependence of the γ-ray emissions on certain dynamical source properties, such as the hydrodynamic parameters of the mass-flow density, the gas-pressure and the temperature of the ejected matter, is simulated. Radiative properties, especially the assumed high energy proton population inside the jet plasma, and its effect on the calculated emission, are also examined. Two sets of initial conditions of the chosen microquasar are employed, in order to cover different scenarios pertaining to the system under consideration.
The jets in a microquasar are modelled using a three‐dimensional relativistic hydrocode (PLUTO), with the aim of investigating the appearance of equatorial radio emission. A dynamical mechanism is explored whereby the bow shocks of the jets strongly affect the equatorial regions. The presence of an extended disc is assumed and its role proves to be important in producing equatorial emission. As a concrete example, we focus on the SS 433 microquasar, one of the most intensively studied objects in the Galaxy, for which equatorial emission has been repeatedly detected during the last decade.
In this work, we simulate γ-rays created in the hadronic jets of the compact object in binary stellar systems known as microquasars. We utilize as main computational tool the 3-D relativistic magneto-hydro-dynamical code PLUTO combined with in house derived codes. Our simulated experiments refer to the SS433 X-ray binary, a stellar system in which hadronic jets have been observed. We examine two new model configurations that employ hadron-based emission mechanisms. The simulations aim to explore the dependence of the γ-ray emissions on the dynamical as well as the radiative properties of the jet (hydrodynamic parameters of the mass-flow density, gas-pressure, temperature of the ejected matter, high energy proton population inside the jet plasma, etc.). The results of the two new scenarios of initial conditions for the micro-quasar stellar system studied, are compared to those of previously considered scenarios. * odysseas.kosmas@manchester.ac.uk
The hadronic jets in a microquasar stellar system are modeled with the relativistic hydrocode PLUTO. We focus on neutrino emission from such jets produced by fast proton (nonthermal) collisions on thermal ones within the hadronic jet. We adopt a semianalytical approximation for the description of the secondary particles produced from p-p collisions and develop appropriate algorithms using the aforementioned injected protons as input. As a concrete example, we consider the SS-433 X-ray binary system for which several observations have been made the last decades. In contrast to the preset distribution of the fast protons along the jet employed in our previous works, in the present paper, we simulated it by using a power-law fast proton distribution along the PLUTO hydrocode. This distribution gradually sweeps aside the surrounding winds, during the jet advance through the computational grid. As a first step, in the present work, the neutrino energy spectrum is extracted from the model jet, facilitating a range of potential dynamical simulations in currently interesting microquasar jet systems.
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