Relativistic plasmas in active galactic nuclei

Details Relativistic plasmas in active galactic nuclei Relativistic plasmas in active galactic nuclei

Aug 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986esasp.251....5t&link_type=abstract

In ESA Proceedings of the Joint Varenna-Abastumani International School and Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics p 5-15 (SEE N87-157

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Cosmic Plasma, Plasma Physics, Quasars, Relativistic Plasmas, Accretion Disks, Black Holes (Astronomy), Compton Effect, Electron-Positron Pairs, Pair Production, Time Dependence

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The processes and properties of relativistic astrophysical plasmas in connection with active galactic nuclei and quasars are discussed. Such plasmas are expected to be produced as a result of accretion onto massive black holes. Important elementary processes such as Comptonization and electron-positron pair production are reviewed. The properties of optically thin pair equilibrium plasmas are summarized and it is shown that pairs constrain the attainable states of the plasmas. Applications to accretion plasmas are attempted and the importance of the study of time-dependent problems is emphasized. Numerical results are also presented.

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