Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aipc..254..337k&link_type=abstract
In: Testing the AGN paradigm; Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Topical Astrophysics Conference, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Oc
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accretion Disks, Active Galactic Nuclei, Energy Spectra, High Energy Interactions, Particle Beams, Particle Interactions, Electron-Positron Pairs, Radiation Distribution, Relativistic Particles, Thomson Scattering, X Ray Spectra
Scientific paper
We investigate the dynamical interaction between ultrarelativistic particle beams and the local radiation fields of accretion disks in the central engines of AGNs. For electron-proton or electron-positron jets accelerated to initial Lorentz factors gamma(i) less than about 10 exp 4, the particles mainly interact with the photons via Thomson scattering, which provides an effective means for both decelerating the relativistic beams and for producing the hard X-ray spectra seen in many AGNs. For larger gamma(i), scattering by the beam leads to the development of an e-e+ cascade, resulting from photon-photon, photon-electron, and photon-proton pair production. We study the structure of these pair cascades and present preliminary calculations of the soft X-ray through gamma-ray spectrum produced by the Comptonized disk photons.
Coppi Paolo S.
Kartje John Francis
Koenigl Arieh
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