Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-3-642-07804-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

1. 1 Schematic Picture of AGN Some galaxies are known to emit radiation with extremely high luminosities from a rather small volume in the ??ray, X-ray and UV continuum. Such active cores are the so-called Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and the radiation is commonly believed to be a result of gravitational energy released by matter spiraling around 9 a supermassive central black hole of about 10 M (see Fig. 1). Though the central engine which produces the enormous observed activity cannot be resolved observationally, a standard picture of an AGN has gradually emerged to explain the richness of the radiation spectra: • an accretion disk with radius from about 2 to 100 gravitational radii, R, g feeding the central black hole and emitting mainly in the UV and soft X-rays; • the broad line optically emitting clouds (BLR), which seem to be absent in 3 some sources (e. g. FRI, see hereafter) and extend up to a few 10 R from g the center.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guthmann, A.W.

Georganopoulos, M.

Marcowith, A.

Manolakou, K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Radiative Processes in Relativistic Outflows.- Particle Acceleration at Relativistic Shocks.- Jet Formation and Collimation.- The Evolution of Classical Double Radio Galaxies.- Blazars.- Relativistic Outflows from X-ray Binaries (‘Microquasars’).- Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Afterglow Revolution.- Observations and Simulations of Relativistic Jets.- 3D Relativistic Hydrodynamics.- Epilogue.