Results of a search for new microquasars in the Galaxy

Abstract

We present here the results of a search for new microquasars at low galactic latitudes, based on a cross-identification between the ROSAT all sky Bright Source Catalog (RBSC) and the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) and follow-up observations. The results obtained up to now suggest that persistent/silent microquasars such as LS 5039 are rare objects in our Galaxy, and indicate that future deeper surveys, and harder than the RBSC in X-rays, will play a fundamental role in order to discover them.

2 pages. To appear in RevMexAA(SC) Conference Series, Proc. of IAU Colloquium 194, "Compact Binaries in the Galaxy and Beyond", La Paz, Mexico, 17-21 November 2003, G. Tovmassian & E. Sion (eds.)