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Three Modes of Long Wavelength Flaring from GRS 1915+105: Implications for Jet Formation

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GRS 1915+105 has exhibited at least three modes oflong-wavelength (infrared to radio) flares. Class A flares are thebright (∼ 1 Jy) radio events whose apparent superluminal motionin many ways defines the microquasars. Class B flares haveintermediate (∼ 50–300 mJy) flux densities in the IR and radio,and are associated with hard X-ray dipping behaviors. Class C flaresare faint (∼ 5–50 mJy) IR/radio events associated with soft X-raydips. We discuss each of these classes and their inter-relationships.

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Eikenberry, S.S. Three Modes of Long Wavelength Flaring from GRS 1915+105: Implications for Jet Formation. Astrophysics and Space Science 276 (Suppl 1), 101–104 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011669214375

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