Magnetic confinement of broad-line clouds in active galactic nuclei

Details Magnetic confinement of broad-line clouds in active galactic nuclei Magnetic confinement of broad-line clouds in active galactic nuclei

Oct 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987mnras.228p..47r&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 228, Oct. 1, 1987, p. 47P-50P.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Interstellar Matter, Plasma Clouds, Confinement, Field Strength, Line Spectra

Scientific paper

The region containing the clouds that emit the broad spectral lines in
active galactic nuclei may be pervaded by a magnetic field of strength
≡1 G. Magnetic stresses could then confine the clouds, obviating
the need for a Compton-heated medium in pressure balance with the
clouds.

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