27–30 Jan 2026
Soeterbeeck Conference Centre,
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

What we know about very-high-energy particle acceleration in x-ray binary jets

28 Jan 2026, 10:08
17m
Tuinzaal (Soeterbeeck Conference Centre,)

Tuinzaal

Soeterbeeck Conference Centre,

Elleboogstraat 2 5352LP Deursen-Dennenburg, The Netherlands
Presentation Session 2

Speaker

Laura Olivera-Nieto (Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam)

Description

X-ray binaries have recently emerged as a promising candidate to explain the highest energy cosmic rays. I will present an overview of the existing observational constrains provided by gamma ray telescopes, and introduce ongoing efforts to estimate the cosmic rays luminosity of these systems.

Author

Laura Olivera-Nieto (Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam)

Presentation materials