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Electrodynamics of the Central Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

M. Salvati
M. Salvati*
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, L. E. Fermi 5, 1-50125 Firenze, Italy

Abstract

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We review the information available on some bulk properties of the non-thermal emission regions in Active Galactic Nuclei, such as streaming motions, nature of composing particles, brightness temperature in the proper frame. Most of the information concerns the compact radio emission at relatively large distances from the center, whereas most of the action is thought to occur in the innermost regions which are observed at higher frequencies. We investigate whether these bulk properties can be understood within a general scheme for energy transport and particle acceleration around a magnetized rotating body.

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 129: The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics and Geophysics , 1988 , pp. 47 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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