Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...245..811v&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 245, May 1, 1981, p. 811-817. NSF-NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Cosmic Plasma, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Gamma Rays, Neutrinos, Particle Production, Quasars, Relativistic Plasmas, Active Galaxies, Bremsstrahlung, Electron-Positron Pairs, Pair Production, Particle Collisions, Plasma Jets, Radiation Effects, Radio Galaxies, Three Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
Consideration is given to particle production and high-energy radiation within apparently superluminal radio components of extragalactic radio sources forming within the apparent region of nuclear activity of a quasar or active galaxy. The physical conditions in compact components observed as radio emitters are derived for the quasars 3C 273 and 3C 345 and extrapolated to those of initial components of sizes on the order of 10 to the 15th cm on the basis of two-dimensional relativistic jet and relativistic three-dimensional models of component expansion. Probabilities that a given particle avoids an inelastic collision in the relativistic plasma are calculated for both cases which show that collisions which produce particles and radiation may be very important during the formation of a compact radio component. The consequences of electron-positron production, bremsstrahlung and proton-proton inelastic collisions ultimately giving rise to neutrinos and gamma rays for the development and energetics of the radio component are then examined, and upper limits to the amount of energy which can be channeled into radio components from an active region without giving rise to a high-energy X-ray source are derived.
Christiansen Wayne A.
Marscher Alan P.
Scott Joshua S.
Vestrand Thomas W.
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