TL;DR
This paper reviews gamma-ray emissions from X-ray binary systems, highlighting recent observations and discussing possible mechanisms for very high energy gamma-ray production in these compact galactic objects.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive summary of observational results and theoretical scenarios for gamma-ray emission in X-ray binaries, including recent associations with microquasars like Cygnus X-3.
Findings
Detection of VHE gamma-rays from X-ray binaries
Association of Cygnus X-3 with gamma-ray source
Discussion of emission mechanisms
Abstract
Some of the very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sources detected with the modern generation of Cherenkov telescopes have been identified with previously known X-ray binary systems. These detections demonstrate the richness of non-thermal phenomena in compact galactic objects containing relativistic outflows or winds produced near black holes and neutron stars. Recently, the well-known microquasar Cygnus X-3 seems to be associated with a gamma-ray source detected with AGILE. Here I summarise the main observational results on gamma-ray emission from X-ray binaries, as well as some of the proposed scenarios to explain the production of VHE gamma-rays.
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