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ABSTRACT

1.JETS IN ASTROPHYSICS

2.MICROQUASARS

3.SUPERLUMINAL SOURCES
3.1.Superluminal Motions in GRS 1915+105
3.2.Superluminal Motions in GRO J1655-40
3.3.Superluminal Motions in XTE J1748-288

4.SPECIAL RELATIVITY EFFECTS
4.1.Parameters of the Ejection
4.2.A Relativistic Distance Determination
4.3.Doppler Boosting

5.ACCRETION DISK INSTABILITIES AND JET FORMATION

6.JET FORMATION

7.SYNCHROTRON EMISSION

8.POSSIBLE LABORATORIES FOR GENERAL RELATIVITY

9.OTHER SOURCES OF RELATIVISTIC JETS IN THE GALAXY

10.INTERACTION OF RELATIVISTIC JETS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

11.MICROBLAZARS AND GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

12.CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES

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