1) Speaker: M. Chernyakova (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Title:  “Multi-wavelength observations of gamma-ray loud binaries”

Abstract:

Gamma-ray-loud binary systems are a newly identified class of X-ray binaries in which either accretion onto the compact object (a neutron star, or a black hole), or interaction of an outflow from the compact object with the wind and radiation emitted by the massive companion star lead to the production of very-high energy gamma-ray emission at GeV and TeV energies. The number of these peculiar objects is very limited (less than 10), so it is very important to study them in order to find the conditions required for efficient particle acceleration. In my talk I will review multi-wavelength properties of known gamma-ray-loud binaries, and and try to explain the physics governing the emission in these systems.

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