My research
X-ray binary jets
Relativistic jets are well-known in extragalactic radio astronomy. It is believed that such phenomena are powered supermassive black holes in the centres of the host galaxies. Accretion onto the compact object results in the formation of an accretion disk and the ejection of relativistic plasma in a collimated outflow. Analogues of such systems have been found in our own galaxy, except that instead of the central source being a 107Mo black hole, it may be a stellar-mass black hole, or even a neutron star. Such systems have been nicknamed "Microquasars", indicating not only similar morphology to their massive namesakes, but also, it is believed, similar physics.
Doctoral research
My thesis was a case study at radio wavelengths of the Galactic X-ray binary system, Cygnus X-3. This system is located in the galactic plane in or behind one of the spiral arms at a distance of approximately 10kpc. The nature of the compact object it harbours is still uncertain, although the infrared spectrum of the source indicates that its companion is a Wolf-Rayet star of the WN7 subclass. It has an orbital period of 4.8 hours, and periodically undergoes huge radio outbursts, reaching fluxes of up to 20Jy.
Recent research
I have recently studied MERLIN observations of the 2001 March and July jet ejection events of GRS1915+105. Perhaps the most famous of the microquasars, this was the first Galactic system in which superluminal motion was discovered (Mirabel & Rodriguez 1994). It is thought to contain a 14-solar mass black hole and a K-M III giant donor star.
Refereed Publications
- "Linking Jet Emission, X-ray States and Hard X-ray Tails in the Neutron Star X-ray Binary GX 17+2"
Migliari, S., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Fender, R.P., Homan, J., Di Salvo, T., Rothschild, R.E., Rupen, M.P., Tomsick, J.A., Wijnands, R., & van der Klis, M.
ApJ, accepted
arXiv:0708.2296 - "Radio observations of candidate magnetic O stars"
Schnerr, R.S., Rygl, K.L.J., van der Horst, A.J., Oosterloo, T.A., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Henrichs, H.F., Spoelstra, T.A.Th., & Foley, A.R.
2007, A&A, 470, 1105 - "The spectral energy distribution of quiescent black hole X-ray
binaries: new constraints from Spitzer"
Gallo, E., Migliari, S., Markoff, S., Tomsick, J., Bailyn, C., Berta, S., Fender, R., & Miller-Jones, J.
ApJ, accepted
arXiv:0707.0028 - "GRO J1744-28, search for the counterpart:
infrared photometry and spectroscopy"
Gosling, A.J., Bandyopadhyay, R.M., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., & Farrell, S.A.
MNRAS, accepted
astro-ph/0703692 - "A highly polarised radio jet during the 1998 outburst of the black hole transient XTE J1748-288",
Brocksopp, C., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Fender, R.P., & Stappers, B.W.
2007, MNRAS, 378, 1111
arXiv:0705.1125
- "Evidence for deceleration in the radio jets of GRS 1915+105?",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Rupen, M.P., Fender, R.P., Rushton, A., Pooley, G.G., & Spencer, R.E.
2007, MNRAS, 375, 1087
astro-ph/0612211
- "First e-VLBI observations of Cygnus X-3",
Tudose, V., Fender, R.P., Garrett, M.A., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Paragi, Z., Spencer, R.E., Pooley, G.G., van der Klis, M., & Szomoru, A.
2007, MNRAS, 375, L11
astro-ph/0611054
- "First e-VLBI observations of GRS 1915+105",
Rushton, A., Spencer, R.E., Strong, M., Campbell, R.M., Casey, S., Fender, R.P., Garrett, M.A., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Pooley, G.G., Reynolds, C., Szomoru, A., Tudose, V., & Paragi, Z.
2007, MNRAS, 374, L47
astro-ph/0611049
- "A radio-emitting outflow in the quiescent state of A0620-00: implications for modelling low-luminosity black hole binaries",
Gallo, E., Fender, R., Miller-Jones, J., Merloni, A., Jonker, S., Heinz, S., Maccarone, T., & van der Klis, M.
2006, MNRAS, 370, 1351
astro-ph/0605376
- "A transient relativistic radio jet from Cygnus X-1",
Fender, R.P., Stirling, A.M., Spencer, R.E., Brown, I., Pooley, G.G., Muxlow, T.W.B., & Miller-Jones, J.C.A.
2006, MNRAS, 369, 603
astro-ph/0602307
- "Opening angles, Lorentz factors and confinement of X-ray binary jets",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Fender, R.P., & Nakar, E.
2006, MNRAS, 367, 1432
astro-ph/0601482
- "Structure in the radio counterpart to the 2004 December 27 giant flare from SGR 1806-20",
Fender, R.P., Muxlow, T.W.B., Garrett, M.A., Kouveliotou, C., Gaensler, B.M., Garrington, S.T., Paragi, Z., Tudose, V., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Spencer, R.E., Wijers, R.A.M., & Taylor, G.B.
2006, MNRAS, 367, L6
astro-ph/0511214
- "The XMM-Newton/Chandra monitoring campaign on the Galactic center region. Description of the program and preliminary results",
Wijnands., R, in 't Zand, J.J.M., Rupen, M., Maccarone, T., Homan, J., Cornelisse, R., Fender, R., Grindlay, J., van der Klis, M., Kuulkers, E., Markwardt, C.B., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., & Wang, Q.D.
2006, A&A, 449, 1117
astro-ph/0508648
- "An Infrared Imaging Survey of the Faint Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre",
Bandyopadhyay, R.M., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Blundell, K.M., Bauer, F.E., Podsiadlowski, Ph., Gosling, A.J., Wang, Q.D., Pfahl, E., & Rappaport, S.
2005, MNRAS, 364, 1195
astro-ph/0509346
- "Multiple relativistic outbursts of GRS 1915+105: radio
emission and internal shocks",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., McCormick, D.G., Fender, R.P., Spencer, R.E., Muxlow, T.W.B., & Pooley, G.G.
2005, MNRAS, 363, 867
astro-ph/0508230
- "Was the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 RGB J0044+193 ever radio
loud?",
Maccarone, T.J., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Fender, R.P., & Pooley, G.G.
2005, A&A, 433, 531
astro-ph/0412414
- "Jet evolution, flux ratios and light-travel time
effects",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Blundell, K.M., & Duffy, P.
2004, ApJ, 603, L21
astro-ph/0401082
- "Time-sequenced Multi-Radio-Frequency Observations
of Cygnus X-3 in Flare",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Blundell, K.M., Rupen, M.P.,Mioduszewski, A.J., Duffy, P., & Beasley, A.J.
2004, ApJ, 600, 368
astro-ph/0311277
A brief summary of this work can be found as the VLBA image of the month for January 2004.
Conference Proceedings
- "The LOFAR Transients key project",
Fender, R.P., and the LOFAR Transients collaboration
VI Microquasar Workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, Como, Italy, September 18-22, 2006. Edited by T. Belloni. Published by Proceedings of Science: SISSA, Trieste (Italy).
astro-ph/0611298
- "Deceleration in the radio jets of GRS1915+105?",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Rupen, M.P., Fender, R.P., Rushton, A., Pooley, G.G., & Spencer, R.E.
VI Microquasar Workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, Como, Italy, September 18-22, 2006. Edited by T. Belloni. Published by Proceedings of Science: SISSA, Trieste (Italy).
- "Post-outburst radio spectral evolution of Cygnus
X-3",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Blundell, K.M., Rupen, M.P., Beasley, A.J. & Mioduszewski, A.J.
New Views on MICROQUASARS, the Fourth Microquasars Workshop, Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese, Corsica, France, May 27 - June 1, 2002. Edited by Ph. Durouchoux, Y. Fuchs, and J. Rodriguez. Published by the Center for Space Physics: Kolkata (India), p. 209.
astro-ph/0209369
Other
- "Radio imaging campaign on newly-detected jets in GRS1915+105",
Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Rupen, M.P., Trushkin S.A., Pooley, G.G., & Fender, R.P.
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Non-astronomical
- "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Is conservative therapy useful?",
B. Ollivere, K. Logan, T. Taneja, J. Miller-Jones, N. Ellahee & D. Nairn
2006, The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand, Volume 31, Supplement 1, p63-4
doi:10.1016/j.jhsb.2006.03.022