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Results of a Search for New Microquasars in the Galaxy,
M. Ribó, J. M. Paredes, J. Martí, J. Casares, J. S. Bloom,
E. E. Falco, E. Ros, M. Massi
in IAU Coll. 194, Compact Binaries in the Galaxy and Beyond,
Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Conference
Series, ed. G. Tovmassian & E. Sion, Vol. 20, 23-24 (2004)
- Abstract
We present here the results of a search for new microquasars at low
galactic latitudes, based on a cross-correlation between the
ROSAT all sky Bright Source Catalog (RBSC) and the NRAO
VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) and follow-up observations. The results
obtained up to now suggest that persistent/silent microquasars
such as LS 5039 are rare objects in our Galaxy, and indicate that
future deeper surveys, and harder than the RBSC in X-rays, will play a
fundamental role in order to detect them.
Eduardo Ros
