Wien Fireball Model of Relativistic Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
We study steady and spherically symmetric outflows of pure electron-positron pair plasma as a possible acceleration mechanism of relativistic jets up to the bulk Lorentz factor of greater than 10. These outflows are initiated by the ``Wien fireball'', which is optically thick to Compton scattering but thin to absorption and in a Wien equilibrium state between pairs and photons at a relativistic temperature.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0309782,
title = {Wien Fireball Model of Relativistic Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei},
author = {S. Iwamoto and F. Takahara},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0309782},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages, 13 figures, 1 table, ApJ in press