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Gamma-ray echoes from SS 433

A periodic gamma-ray signal detected from the micro-quasar SS 433 cannot be associated with its jet. Instead, a new mechanism capable of channelling most of SS 433’s kinetic power to large distances is needed to explain the observations.

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Fig. 1: Sketch of the micro-quasar SS 433 and the W50 radio nebula.

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Bordas, P. Gamma-ray echoes from SS 433. Nat Astron 4, 1132–1133 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1186-0

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