Spectral and variability constraints on compact sources

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Nov 1983

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 205, Nov. 1983, p. 593-603. Research supported by the R

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galactic Nuclei, Radiation Sources, Active Galactic Nuclei, Constraints, Electron-Positron Pairs, Electrons, Energy Transfer, Pair Production, Particle Collisions, Periodic Variations, Photons, Positrons, Relativistic Velocity, Spectral Energy Distribution

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The spectra of compact sources which radiate significantly above 511 keV may be modified by the electron-positron pairs created by photon-photon collisions. The Thomson opacity due to pairs may easily exceed unity in sources such as active galactic nuclei; most of the observed luminosity is likely to be due to mildly relativistic pairs. The high-energy spectral cut-off is inversely related to source luminosity. General constraints on variability involving rest-mass to energy conversion efficiency, geometry and the effects of pairs are discussed. Spectral relativistic corrections may be large, even in an isotropic source.

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