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Gamma-Rays from Active Galactic Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

M. Kafatos
M. Kafatos*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A.

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Gamma-ray observations from active galactic nuclei (AGN) are important in trying to understand the nature of their central sources. A handful of mechanisms can give rise to γ-rays either from nonthermal or from thermal processes. Hot accretion disks around massive black holes in the centers of AGN could provide the required thermal electrons, pions and relativistic electrons and positrons to explain both the X-ray and γ-ray emission.

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Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 6: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XVIIIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1982 , 1983 , pp. 505 - 510
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983

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