MQW6 - (other mqw conferences)
September 18-22, 2006
Como, Italy
published August 28, 2007

The workshop focuses on the physics of relativistic jet sources in the Universe, from Galactic Microquasars to Active Galactic Nuclei and Gamma-Ray Bursts. This is an epoch when a large number of high-energy astronomical missions are operative (RossiXTE, Chandra, XMM-Newton, INTEGRAL, Swift, Suzaku). The large wealth of X-ray and gamma-ray data, coupled with ground-based observations in the optical-IR-radio bands, provides increasing information on microquasars, allowing the investigation of the physical processes for the formation and the evolution of relativistic jets, as well as their relation to the accretion process. The information obtained from galactic systems can be compared with that from other objects, from Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in external galaxies, to powerful Active Galactic Nuclei, to Gamma-Ray Bursts. This workshop, the sixth in a series devoted primarily to Galactic Systems, is intended for the presentation and in particular the discussion of recent results and physical models of microquasars seen in a broader context, also involving extragalactic sources.

Editorial Board
Belloni Tomaso (chairman)

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Sessions
Black-Hole Binaries
Very-High Energy Emission
Microquasars
Multi-wavelength observations of GRS 1915+105
Active Galactic Nuclei and Gamma-Ray Bursts
Theoretical models
X-ray observations of GRS 1915+105
Jet production
Special objects
Similarities between AGN and Microquasars
Jet environments
Other systems
Future prospects
Posters
Black-Hole Binaries
The Galactic Black Holes Cyg X-1, GX 339-4, and 4U1957+11: In Transition and at High Resolution
M.A. Nowak
Broad-band spectral changes of the microquasars Cygnus X-1 and SWIFT J1753.5-0127
M. Cadolle Bel, M. Ribó, J. Rodriguez, S. Chaty, S. Corbel, A. Goldwurm and J. Malzac
X-ray spectroscopy of GRO J1655-40
G. Sala, J. Greiner, J. Vink and F. Haberl
Very-High Energy Emission
TeV microquasars and very energetic processes in the Galaxy
V. Bosh-Ramon
Discovery of the 3.9 days orbital periodicity in Very High Energy gamma rays from the X-ray binary LS 5039
M. de Naurois
Discovery of the microquasar LSI +61 303 at VHE gamma-rays with MAGIC
N. Sidro Martin
Microquasars
Radio emission and jets from Galactic microquasars
E. Gallo
X-ray Radio Correlation in Black Hole Sources
A.R. Rao
Eight powers of ten: similarities in black hole accretion on all mass scales
R. Fender, E. Körding, T. Belloni, P. Uttley, I. McHardy and T. Tzioumis
State transitions and jet formation in black hole binaries
E. Kalemci, J. Tomsick, R.E. Rothschild, K. Pottschmidt, S. Migliari, S. Corbel and P. Kaaret
Determining the nature of the faint X-ray source population near the Galactic Centre
R.M. Bandyopadhyay, A.J. Gosling, K.M. Blundell, P. Podsiadlowski, S.A. Eikenberry, V.J. Mikles, J.C.A. Miller-Jones and F.E. Bauer
Multi-wavelength observations of the microquasar XTE J1720-318: a transition from high-soft to low-hard state
S. Chaty
What do we understand from multi-frequency monitoring of microquasars?
S.A. Trushkin, N.N. Bursov, N.A. Nizhelskij, E.K. Majorova and P.A. Voitsik
The rise and fall of the compact jet in GRO J1655-40
S. Migliari, J. Tomsick, S. Markoff and E. Kalemci
A Highly Polarised Jet in XTE J1748-288
C. Brocksopp, R. Fender, J.C.A. Miller-Jones and B. Stappers
Radio monitoring with the Ryle Telescope
G.G. Pooley
Low Frequency GMRT Observations of Microquasar V4641
C.H. Ishwara-Chandra, S. Pal and A. Pramesh Rao
Multi-wavelength observations of GRS 1915+105
The Radius Dilemma: A brief look at the QPO Frequency-Inner Disk Radius Connection in GRS 1915+105
V.J. Mikles, S.A. Eikenberry, D.M. Rothstein and R.M. Bandyopadhyay
The 2005 October Multiwavelength Campaign of GRS 1915+105
Y. Ueda, R. Ishioka, K. Sekiguchi, M. Ribó, J. Rodriguez, S. Chaty, J. Greiner, G. Sala, Y. Fuchs, P. Goldoni, S. Covino, G.G. Pooley, P.G. Edwards, T. Tzioumis, H.J. Lehto, E. Gerard, P. Colom, J. Martin, S.A. Trushkin, A.J. Castro-Tirado, D. Hannikainen, H. Sudo, M. Honma, F. Iwamuro, K. Kubota, K. Yamaoka, C. Done, S. Naik, Y. Fukazawa, L. Angelini, H. Awaki, K. Ebisawa, K. Iwasawa, N. Kawai, K. Kinugasa, M. Kokubun, T. Kotani, A. Kubota, T. Murakami, M. Namiki, H. Takahashi, T. Yaqoob, D. Yonetoku and A. Yoshida
An INTEGRAL monitoring of GRS 1915+105 using simultaneous space and ground based instruments
J. Rodriguez, G.G. Pooley, D. Hannikainen, H.J. Lehto, T. Belloni, M. Cadolle Bel and S. Corbel
Active Galactic Nuclei and Gamma-Ray Bursts
Relativistic Jets in AGN and their Relationship to the Central Engine
A. Marscher
A link between radio loudness and X-ray/optical properties of AGN
S. Jester, E. Körding and R. Fender
Blazars and Gamma Ray Bursts
G. Ghisellini
AGN jet models
C.R. Kaiser
The link between ejection of a jet component and characteristics of variable continuum emission in the active galaxy 3C 390.3
T. Arshakian and T. Belloni
Theoretical models
Models for Microquasars
J. Malzac
Global MHD instabilities: from Low Frequency to High Frequency QPOs, and to Sgr A**
M. Tagger
Fluctuating-Accretion Model for AGN and BHXRB Variability
P. Arevalo
Origin of Superluminal radio jets in GRS 1915+105 and the role of Plateau state
J.S. Yadav
Mass loss from a viscous accretion disc in presence of cooling
I. Chattopadhyay and S. Das
The accretion/ejection connection in weakly accreting microquasars and AGN
S. Markoff
A unified paradigm for the spectral and temporal evolution of Black Hole X-ray Binaries
P.O. Petrucci, J. Ferreira, C. Cabanac, G. Henri and G. Pelletier
Simulations of the Disk-Jet Interaction in GRS 1915+105 and Other Systems
D.M. Rothstein
Theoretical Studies of Timing and Spectral Properties of Quasars to Nano-quasars till a few MeV
S.K. Chakrabarti and S. Mandal
A jet model for black-hole X-ray sources
N.D. Kylafis, I.E. Papadakis and P. Reig
X-ray observations of GRS 1915+105
Fast aperiodic variability in the black hole binary GRS 1915+105: the timing signature of relativistic ejection events
P. Soleri, T. Belloni and P. Casella
Jet production
Relativistic jet production from accreting compact objects
H. Spruit
GRMHD Simulations of Jet Formation with a Newly-Developed GRMHD Code
Y. Mizuno, K.I. Nishikawa, S. Koide, P.E. Hardee and G.J. Fishman
General Relativistic MHD Simulations of Jets from Accreting Black Holes
J.H. Krolik and J. Hawley
3-D RPIC simulations of relativistic jets: Particle acceleration, magnetic field generation, and emission
K.I. Nishikawa, P.E. Hardee, C.B. Hededal, Y. Mizuno and G.J. Fishman
Special objects
Chandra observations of the microquasar LS I +61 303
J.M. Paredes, M. Ribó, V. Bosh-Ramon, J.R. West, Y.M. Butt, D.F. Torres and J. Martí
INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton observations of the puzzling binary system LSI +61 303
M. Chernyakova, A. Neronov and R. Walter
The Observation Campaign of SS 433 in April 2006
T. Kotani, K. Kubota, M. Namiki, N. Kawai, Y. Ueda, S.A. Trushkin, S.N. Fabrika, V. Afanasiev, P. Abolmasov, K. Kinugasa, T. Nagata, T. Irsmambetova, T. Tsukagoshi, K. Nakanishi, M. Tsuboi, S. Ozaki, K. Yanagisawa, S. Nishiyama, T. Shimokawabe, Y. Yatsu, T. Ishimura and K. Fujisawa
Flaring Activity of Sgr A*: Expanding Hot Blobs
F. Yusef-Zadeh, M. Wardle, D.A. Roberts, C.O. Heinke, C.D. Dowell, W. Cotton, G.C. Bower and F.K. Baganoff
LS I +61 303 is a Be-Pulsar binary, not a Microquasar
V. Dhawan, A.J. Mioduszewski and M. Rupen
The History of the Equatorial Emission in SS433
R.E. Spencer
Similarities between AGN and Microquasars
Jet-dominated advective systems of all mass scales
E. Körding and R. Fender
Jet environments
Looking for lobes in all the right places: Signatures of the interaction of microquasars with the ISM
S. Heinz, M.A. Aloy, R. Fender and D.M. Russell
Jet-Powered Optical Nebulae From X-ray Binaries
D.M. Russell, R. Fender, E. Gallo, J.C.A. Miller-Jones and C.R. Kaiser
Deceleration in the radio jets of GRS 1915+105
J.C.A. Miller-Jones, M. Rupen, R. Fender, A. Rushton, G.G. Pooley and R.E. Spencer
Other systems
Observing ULXs with VLBI: the quest for intermediate-mass black holes
Z. Paragi, M.A. Garrett and A.D. Biggs
Are the distances of galactic microquasars reliable?
C. Foellmi
Photometric Search for Black Holes in Dormant X-Ray Transients
A. Sadowski, J. Ziolkowski and K. Belczynski
Future prospects
GLAST Status and Application to Microquasars
R. Dubois
Microquasars: Progress made and open questions
I.F. Mirabel
Posters
4U1630-47 during 2002-2006 outburst activity - A Timing Analysis
N. Bhatt and S. Bhattacharyya
Contribution of hadronic $\gamma$-rays in the high energy spectra of black hole binaries
S. Bhattacharyya, N. Bhatt and R. Misra
Investigating the high-energy emission from Centaurus A and XTE J1550-564
V. Bianchin, L. Foschini, R. Sambruna, G. DiCocco, G. Malaguti, F. Gianotti and F. Schiavone
Synchrotron emission from secondary leptons in microquasar jets
P. Bordas, J.M. Paredes, V. Bosh-Ramon and M. Orellana
Spectral and QPO Properties of GRO J1655-40 in the 2005 Outburst
S.K. Chakrabarti, A. Nandi, D. Debnath, R. Sarkar and B.G. Dutta
New outbursts of the black hole candidate H1743-322/IGR17464-3213 observed by INTEGRAL
F. Capitanio, A. Bazzano, P. Ubertini and T. Bird
Spiral Shock Oscillations and the QPOs at 2:3 ratio
S.K. Chakrabarti
Magnetohydrodynamic accretion flows around compact objects
S. Das and S.K. Chakrabarti
Spectral variability modes of GX 339-4 in a hard-to-soft state transition
M. Delsanto, J. Malzac, P. Ubertini and T. Belloni
Spectroscopic Observations of the Mass Donor Star in SS 433
T. Hillwig and D. Gies
The LOFAR Transients Key Project
R. Fender, R.A.M.J. Wijers, B. Stappers, R. Braun, M.W. Wise, T. Coenen, H. Falcke, J.M. Griessmeier, M. Van Haarlem, P.G. Jonker, C. Law, S. Markoff, J. Masters, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, R. Osten, B. Scheers, H. Spreeuw, J.D. Swinbank, C. Vogt, R. Wijnands and P. Zarka
Simultaneous Multiwavelength Observations of the Jets in SS 433
T. Hillwig, H. Marshall, D. Gies, A.J. Mioduszewski and M. Rupen
Modelling Electron/Positron distributions in the HEART code
O. Jamil, K. Rogers, C.R. Kaiser and R. Collins
The effect of dust scattering on the timing properties of black holes
E. Kalemci, J. Tomsick, R.E. Rothschild and D. Smith
Monitoring LMXBs with the Faulkes Telescope
F. Lewis, D.M. Russell, R. Fender and P. Roche
The Radio and X-Ray Association in Massive Jet Ejection Events of GRS 1915+105
M. Namiki, S.A. Trushkin, T. Kotani, N. Kawai, N.N. Bursov and S.N. Fabrika
Clear correlation between luminosity and high energy cutoff in the low/hard state of the black hole candidate GX339-4
T.G. Miyakawa, K. Yamaoka, A. Yoshida, K. Saito, T. Dotani and H. Inoue
3D Relativistic MHD Simulations of Magnetized Spine-Sheath Relativistic Jets
Y. Mizuno, P.E. Hardee and K.I. Nishikawa
Clues from microquasars to the origin of radio-loudness of quasars
C. Nipoti, K.M. Blundell and J. Binney
Unveiling the X-ray broad band continuum and iron line complex on Mkn 841
P.O. Petrucci, G. Ponti, G. Matt, A. Longinotti, M. Mouchet, C. Boisson, L. Maraschi, J. Malzac, K. Nandra and P. Ferrando
Results of the first year of extragalactic observations with MAGIC
J. Rico and R. Firpo
The HEART (High Energy Astrophysical Radiative Transfer) code: modelling X-ray binaries and AGN
K. Rogers, O. Jamil, C.R. Kaiser and R. Collins
First observations of GRS 1915+105 with e-VLBI
A. Rushton, R.E. Spencer, M. Strong, R.M. Campbell, S. Casey, R. Fender, M.A. Garrett, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, G.G. Pooley, C. Reynolds, A. Szomoru, V.M. Tudose and Z. Paragi
RXTE spectra of the Galactic microquasar GRO J1655-40 during the 2005 outburst
K. Saito, K. Yamaoka, M. Fukuyama, T.G. Miyakawa, A. Yoshida and J. Homan
The emission distribution in SS433
L. Schmidtobreick and K.M. Blundell
Humpy LNRF-velocity profiles in accretion discs orbiting rapidly rotating Kerr black holes: a possible relation to QPOs
Z. Stuchlik, P. Slany and G. Török
Non-linear resonance model for black hole and neutron star QPOs: observation and theory
G. Török, M.A. Abramowicz, W. Kluzniak, Z. Stuchlik and E. Šrámková
Simultaneous radio/X-ray observations of Cir X-1
V.M. Tudose, P. Soleri, R. Fender, P.G. Jonker, M. van der Klis, T. Tzioumis and R.E. Spencer
Color-color diagrams of Z and Atoll sources observed with INTEGRAL/JEM-X
E. Venier, E. Virgilli, R. Farinelli and F. Frontera
Relativistic superluminal radio jets in microquasars in our galaxy
J.S. Yadav
X-ray spectral properties of the blackhole candidates in the low/hard states
K. Yamaoka, T.G. Miyakawa, K. Saito, M. Uzawa, M. Arai, H. Sakamoto, T. Yamazaki and A. Yoshida