A Shock Model for Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei

Pérez-Fournon, I.; Biermann, P.
Referencia bibliográfica

Quasars; Proceedings of the IAU Symposium, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2-6, 1985. Edited by Govind Swarup and V. K. Kapahi. Symposium sponsored by IAU, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Department of Science and Technology of India, et al. Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co. (IAU Symposium, No. 119), 1986., p.405

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1986
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Descripción
First order Fermi acceleration is an efficient mechanism to produce relativistic particles in strong astrophysical shocks. The authors have developed a model using this theory to explain the non-thermal emission from non-relativistic jets in quasars and AGNs.