Compton cooling of jets as the origin of radio-quiet quasars

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Jun 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apjs...92..603s&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 92, no. 2, p. 603-605

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Compton Effect, Quasars, Radio Emission, Radio Jets (Astronomy), Spectral Emission, Deceleration, Radiation Distribution

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We consider the Compton drag as a possible mechanism for jet deceleration in radio-quiet quasars, using an isotropic radiation field in a central region as a source of soft photons, provides an efficient means of decelerating electrons in a jet. Depending on the energy density of the radiation field, the jet may be stopped before reaching the radius at which the dynamical timescale is shorter than the Compton cooling timescale. We present preliminary results of our calculations and conclude that radio-quiet quasars may differ from radio-loud in their central radiation density.

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