Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apjs...92..607p&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 92, no. 2, p. 607-609
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19
Blazars, Plasma Jets, Polarization (Waves), Relativistic Plasmas, Spectral Emission, Synchrotron Radiation, Active Galactic Nuclei, Compton Effect, Electromagnetic Scattering, Electron Plasma
Scientific paper
I consider polarization of radiation in two processes which can be responsible for the radiation of the active galactic nuclei from infrared to X-ray frequencies. The first one is optically thin synchrotron self-Compton emission from an isotropic distribution of relativistic electrons with a power-law energy spectrum in aligned magnetic field. It is shown that the polarization degree of the scattered radiation is angle dependent in contrast to the initial synchrotron radiation. The second process is radiation from an accretion flow scattered off a relativistic jet. In that case I assume that electrons have a relativistic Maxwellian distribution in the frame of reference connected with the jet. The dependence of polarization on angles for different electron temperatures is obtained.
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