The effects of the stellar wind and orbital motion on the jets of high-mass microquasars

Understand

High-mass microquasar jets propagate under the effect of the wind from the companion star, and the orbital motion of the binary system.

• The stellar wind and the orbit may be dominant factors determining the jet properties beyond the binary scales.} An analytical study is performed to characterize the effects of the stellar wind and the orbital motion on the jet properties.
• Accounting for the wind thrust transferred to the jet, we derive analytical estimates to characterize the jet evolution under the impact of the stellar wind.
• We include the Coriolis force effect, induced by orbital motion and enhanced by the wind presence.