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The observation of high-energy neutrinos from the direction of the nearby active galaxy, NGC 1068, was a major step in identifying the origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos. The multimessenger data imply that high-energy neutrinos…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-27 Jose Alonso Carpio , Ali Kheirandish , Kohta Murase

Notwithstanding the big efforts devoted to the investigation of the mechanisms responsible for the high-energy (E>100 MeV) gamma-ray emission in active galactic nuclei (AGN), the definite answer is still missing. The X-ray energy band…

We use the observational data in radio, optical and X-ray wavebands, for a sample of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with measured black hole masses, to explore the origin of radio emission from nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Qingwen Wu , Xinwu Cao

We consider the emission of high energy to very high energy $\gamma$-rays in radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGN) or the central regions of radio-loud AGN. We use our results to estimate the $\gamma$-ray flux from the central regions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 P. A. Johnson , A. Mastichiadis , R. J. Protheroe , T. S. Stanev , A. P. Szabo

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are expected to efficiently accelerate protons up to relativistic energies. High-energy photons can originate from decay of neutral pions produced by the interaction of these protons with the medium surrounding the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 F. De Paolis , G. Ingrosso , D. Orlando , L. Perrone

In the last years, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) have become more popular than ever. The possibility of using them to produce feedback effects that would help solving some of the still open questions connected to the hierarchical scenario of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Raffaella Morganti

Relativistic jets from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are highly energetic and emit radiation across a wide range of frequencies. Despite several observational studies, their particle composition still remains a key open question. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-02 Harshita Bhuyan , Bhargav Vaidya , Christian Fendt , Aditya Sharma

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) may emit highly collimated and intense jets of relativistic electrons which upscatter ambient photons. These electrons can also scatter off the cold dark matter halo of the galaxy to produce high energy photons…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Elliott D. Bloom , James D. Wells

High-energy neutrinos and photons are complementary messengers, probing violent astrophysical processes and structural evolution of the Universe. X-ray and neutrino observations jointly constrain conditions in active galactic nuclei (AGN)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Idunn B. Jacobsen , Kinwah Wu , Alvina Y. L. On , Curtis J. Saxton

We present the general properties of the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) and discuss the origin and structure of jets that are associated to a fraction of these objects. We then we address the problems of particle acceleration at highly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 S. Massaglia

Models of the origin of astrophysical neutrinos with energies from TeVs to PeVs are strongly constrained by multimessenger observations and population studies. Recent results point to statistically significant associations between these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-09 O. E. Kalashev , P. Kivokurtseva , S. Troitsky

We study the possibility that the $\gamma$-ray loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR), through the correlation analysis of their locations and the arrival directions of UHECR. We use the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-27 Jihyun Kim , Hang Bae Kim

The physical nature of the X-ray/radio correlation of AGN is still an unsolved question. High angular resolution observations are necessary to disentangle the associated energy dynamics into nuclear and stellar components. We present…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Jens Zuther , Sebastian Fischer , Andreas Eckart

Some catastrophic stellar explosions, such as supernovae (SNe), compact binary coalescences, and micro-tidal disruption events, are believed to be embedded in the accretion disks of active galactic nuclei (AGN). We show high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Jin-Ping Zhu , Kai Wang , Bing Zhang

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are a promising source for high-energy astrophysical neutrinos (HEANs). By the end of 2022, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (VRO) will begin to observe $\gtrsim10$ million AGN with a regular and high cadence.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-13 Cyril Creque-Sarbinowski , Marc Kamionkowski , Bei Zhou

I give a brief discussion of possible sources of high energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin over the energy range from $\sim 10^{12}$ eV to $\sim 10^{25}$ eV. In particular I shall review predictions of the diffuse neutrino intensity.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. J. Protheroe

The spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) are often characterized by a wealth of emission lines with different profiles and intensity ratios that led to a complicated classification. Their electro-magnetic radiation spans more than 10…

For nearly seven decades astronomers have been studying active galaxies, that is to say galaxies with actively accreting central supermassive black holes, AGN. A small fraction of these are characterized by luminous, powerful radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 J. F. Radcliffe , P. D. Barthel , M. A. Garrett , R. J. Beswick , A. P. Thomson , T. W. B. Muxlow

We compute the non-thermal emissions produced by relativistic particles accelerated by the AGN-driven shocks in NGC 1068, and we compare the model predictions with the observed gamma-ray and radio spectra . The former is contributed by pion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-07 A. Lamastra , F. Fiore , D. Guetta , L. A. Antonelli , S. Colafrancesco , N. Menci , S. Puccetti , A. Stamerra , L. Zappacosta

Radio activity in AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) produce feedback on the host galaxy via the impact of the relativistic jets on the circumnuclear gas. Although radio jets can reach up to several times the optical radius of the host galaxy, in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-22 Guilherme S. Couto , Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann