Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #608.04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
What is the origin of radio emission in radio quiet Active Galactic Nuclei? In radio loud AGN the answer is clear, jet emission. In RQ AGN, which are 103 times weaker, the answer is not established yet, but it is commonly thought to originate in a weak jet. RQ AGN display a significant correlation between the radio luminosity (LR) and X-ray luminosity (LX), with LR 10-5 LX. A very similar correlation, known as the Guedel-Benz relation, holds for coronally active stars. The Guedel-Benz relation strongly suggests that stellar coronae are magnetically heated. In AGN the X-ray emission is also thought to originate in a magnetically heated corona, and thus it is natural to associate their radio emission with coronal activity as well. The radio emission may thus serve as a probe for physical processes in AGN coronae, as it does in stellar coronae. I will discuss some predictions, based on this hypothesis, on the likely radio
spectrum, its variability, and its relation to the X-ray variability.
Behar Ehud
Laor Ari
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