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ii CONTENTS<br />

I Discovery and study of the microquasar LS 5039 31<br />

2 Multiwavelength approach to LS 5039 33<br />

2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

2.2 Chronology of findings on LS 5039 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />

2.3 An interesting target in the search for new microquasars . . . . . . . 35<br />

2.4 The radio counterpart: NVSS J182614−145054 . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

2.4.1 A radio counterpart in the NVSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

2.4.2 VLA observations, discovery of a REXB . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />

2.4.3 Long-term GBI monitoring, a persistent radio source . . . . . 42<br />

2.4.4 VLBA observations, discovery of a microquasar . . . . . . . . 46<br />

2.4.5 EVN and MERLIN observations,<br />

confirmation of persistent relativistic radio jets . . . . . . . . . 50<br />

2.5 The optical/IR star: LS 5039 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />

2.5.1 Photometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />

2.5.2 Spectral type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />

2.5.3 Distance and its uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />

2.5.4 Radial velocity curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />

2.6 The X-ray counterpart: RX J1826.2−1450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />

2.6.1 The ASM/RXTE data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />

2.6.2 PCA/RXTE observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67<br />

2.6.3 BeppoSAX observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />

2.7 The γ-ray counterpart: 3EG J1824−1514 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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