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[en] Accretion and ejection phenomena are encountered in a vast diversity of astrophysical objects: from star formation to active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Micro-quasars consist of a stellar-mass compact object, which is accreting matter from a companion star and sharing several physical properties with AGNs. They represent ideal laboratories for the study of accretion/ejection coupling due to their proximity, their high luminosity levels and their short evolution time scales. Their high energy gamma-ray emission (HE) remains poorly constrained. We intend here to characterize the HE radiation of micro-quasars with the Fermi/LAT space telescope and try to detect it originating from other binary classes in order to determine the required conditions for HE emission. The Fermi satellite operates in a sky survey mode which enables transient phenomenon studies. We have searched for HE emission after an exceptional stellar flare from the binary star DG CVn. However, the located emission excess around DG CVn seems to be associated with a background AGN activity. We have also considered the cataclysmic variable SS Cyg whose periodic outbursts are associated with relativistic jets. After 26 years in quiescence, the low-mass micro-quasar V404 Cyg awoke during a spectacular outburst. The Fermi/LAT studies that we conducted led to the first HE gamma-ray detection of V404 Cyg. The V404 Cyg radio observations with the VLA allow us to highlight the jet variability at short time scales in quiescence as well as the continuation of the accretion/ejection coupling at low luminosity. Finally, we detail the results of a simultaneous radio/X-rays observation campaign on the black hole candidate GRS 1739-278. Low luminosity state transitions are observed during two successive short outbursts, that are rarely seen in micro-quasars. We discuss the physical origin of this behaviour contrasting with its previous outbursts. (author)
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Les phenomenes d'accretion et d'ejection se retrouvent au sein d'une grande diversite d'objets astrophysiques: des etoiles en formation jusqu'aux noyaux actifs de galaxies (AGNs). Les microquasars sont composes d'un objet compact de masse stellaire, accretant la matiere d'une etoile compagnon et partageant de nombreuses proprietes avec les AGNs. Ils representent des environnements ideaux pour l'etude du couplage accretion/ejection du fait de la proximite des systemes, des niveaux de luminosite atteints et des temps caracteristiques d'evolution relativement courts. Leur emission gamma de haute energie (HE) demeure cependant peu contrainte. Nous nous attachons ici a caracteriser ce rayonnement avec le telescope spatial Fermi/LAT dans les microquasars et tentons de le mettre en evidence pour d'autres classes de binaires afin de determiner les conditions necessaires a la production d'une telle emission. Le satellite Fermi surveille continument le ciel gamma et est ideal pour l'etude des phenomenes transitoires. Nous avons notamment recherche une emission HE a la suite d'une eruption stellaire exceptionnelle de l'etoile double DG CVn, cependant, l'exces HE eventuellement repere semble associe a l'activite d'un AGN en arriere plan. Nous nous sommes egalement interesses a la variable cataclysmique SS Cyg dont les sursauts periodiques sont associes a la formation de jets relativistes. Apres 26 ans de quiescence, le microquasar V404 Cyg de faible masse s'est reveille lors d'une eruption spectaculaire. Les etudes avec Fermi/LAT que nous avons dirigees ont conduit pour la premiere fois a la detection de V404 Cyg en rayons gamma HE. Les observations radio effectuees avec le VLA de V404 Cyg, alors en quiescence, nous permettent de devoiler la variabilite du jet a courte echelle temporelle ainsi que le maintien du couplage accretion/ejection a basse luminosite. Pour finir, nous detaillons les resultats d'une campagne d'observations simultanees radio/rayons X du candidat trou noir GRS 1739-278. Des transitions d'etat a faible luminosite sont observees lors de deux courts sursauts successifs, rarement mis en evidence dans les microquasars. Nous discutons l'origine physique de ce comportement en contraste avec ses precedentes eruptions.Original Title
Evenements explosifs dans le ciel transitoire
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30 Sep 2016; 332 p; 468 refs.; Available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the INIS website for current contact and E-mail addresses; These de doctorat, Sciences de l'Univers
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ACCRETION DISKS, BINARY STARS, BLACK HOLES, COMPTON EFFECT, DOPPLER EFFECT, EMISSION SPECTRA, GAMMA RADIATION, INTERFEROMETRY, LUMINOSITY, MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD FIT, PAIR SPECTROMETERS, QUASARS, RADIOWAVE RADIATION, SATELLITES, SHOWER COUNTERS, SOLAR FLARES, SYNCHROTRON RADIATION, TELESCOPE COUNTERS, X RADIATION
BREMSSTRAHLUNG, COSMIC RADIO SOURCES, ELASTIC SCATTERING, ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS, GAMMA SPECTROMETERS, INTERACTIONS, IONIZING RADIATIONS, MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, NUMERICAL SOLUTION, OPTICAL PROPERTIES, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIATIONS, SCATTERING, SOLAR ACTIVITY, SPECTRA, SPECTROMETERS, STARS, STELLAR ACTIVITY, STELLAR FLARES
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