Spectral evolution of active galactic nuclei: A unified description of the X-ray and gamma

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Feb 1982

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Active Galactic Nuclei, Black Holes (Astronomy), Cosmology, Galactic Evolution, Galactic Radiation, Background Radiation, Gamma Rays, Luminosity, Nonthermal Radiation, Quasars, Seyfert Galaxies, X Ray Sources, X Ray Spectra, X Rays

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A model for spectral evolution is presented whereby active galactic nuclei (AGN) of the type observed individually emerge from an earlier stage at z approx = 4 in which they are the thermal X-ray sources responsible for most of the cosmic X-ray background (CXB). The conjecture is pursued that these precursor objects are initially supermassive Schwarzschild black holes with accretion disks radiating near the Eddington luminosity limit. It is noted that after approx. 10 to the 8th power years these central black holes are spun-up to a canonical Kerr equilibrium state (A/M = 0.998; Thorne 1974) and shown how they then can lead to spectral evolution involving non-thermal emission extending to gamma rays, at the expense of reduced thermal disk radiation. That major portion of the CXB remaining after the contribution of usual AGN are considered, while a superposition of AGN sources at z 1 can account for the gamma ray background. Extensive X-ray measurements carried out with the HEAO 1 and 2 missions as well as gamma ray and optical data are shown to compare favorably with principal features of this model.

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