Accretion disk winds as the jet suppression mechanism in the microquasar GRS 1915+105

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7237, 2009, Pages 481-484

  Neilsen, Joseph ^a   Lee, Julia C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ACCRETION; ASTRONOMY; JET; RADIO WAVE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 63649083068     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07680     Document Type: Article

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