Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics
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2010
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1. Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-07804-0 (ISBN)
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-07804-0 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.12.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Zusatzinfo | XII, 246 p. |
Verlagsort | Berlin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 399 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
Schlagworte | active galactic nuclei • astrophysical jets • astrophysics • Gamma-Ray Bursts • particle acceleration • relativistic hydrodynamics |
ISBN-10 | 3-642-07804-4 / 3642078044 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-07804-0 / 9783642078040 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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