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Using a series of 3D relativistic hydrodynamical simulations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) we investigate how AGN power, a clumpy ISM structure, and AGN jet angle with respect to the galactic disk affect the morphology and content of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-23 Ryan Tanner , Kimberly Weaver

Relativistic jets of radio loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce highly directed, intense beams of radiation. A fraction of this beamed radiation scatters on the thermal plasma generally surrounding an AGN. The morphology of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Conrad Cramphorn , Sergey Sazonov , Rashid Sunyaev

We examine whether the spectral energy distribution of optical continuum emission of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) changes during flux variation, based on accurate and frequent monitoring observations of 11 nearby Seyfert galaxies and QSOs…

Relativistic jets launched from stellar-mass compact objects embedded in the accretion disk of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) can produce nonthermal emission upon successfully breaking out of the disk. In this paper, we present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-26 Ken Chen , Zi-Gao Dai

We show that it is possible to explain the physical origin of jet precession in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) through the misalignment between the rotation axes of the accretion disk and of the Kerr black hole. We apply this scenario to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-24 Anderson Caproni , Herman J. Mosquera Cuesta , Zulema Abraham

We present a series of three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of central AGN driven jets in a dynamic, cosmologically evolved galaxy cluster. Extending previous work, we study jet powers ranging from L_jet = 10^44 erg/s to L_jet =…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Brian J. Morsony , Sebastian Heinz , Marcus Bruggen , Mateusz Ruszkowski

The extremes of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) variability offer valuable new insights into the drivers and physics of AGN. We discuss some of the most extreme cases of AGN variability; the highest amplitudes, deep minima states, extreme…

Several galaxy clusters are known to present multiple and misaligned pairs of cavities seen in X-rays, as well as twisted kiloparsec-scale jets at radio wavelengths. It suggests that the AGN precessing jets play a role in the formation of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-02 D. Falceta-Goncalves , A. Caproni , Z. Abraham , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , D. M. Teixeira

Recollimation is a phenomenon of particular importance in the dynamic evolution of jets and in the emission of high-energy radiation. Additionally, the full comprehension of this phenomenon provides insights into fundamental properties of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 A. Costa , G. Bodo , F. Tavecchio , P. Rossi , P. Coppi , A. Sciaccaluga , S. Boula

The properties of large-scale galactic outflows, such as their kinetic energy and momentum rates, correlate with the luminosity of the active galactic nucleus (AGN). This is well explained by the wind-driven outflow model, where a fraction…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-30 Kastytis Zubovas , Emanuele Nardini

The magnetic field plays a significant role in the phenomenon of highly collimated jets of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Relativistic effects prevent the direct reconstruction of the magnetic field direction as transverse to electric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-01 Marina S. Butuzova , Alexander B. Pushkarev

Some progress in understanding AGN variability is reviewed. Reprocessing of X-ray radiation to produce significant amounts of longer-wavelength continua seems to be ruled out. In some objects where there has been correlated X-ray and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-27 C. Martin Gaskell , Elizabeth S. Klimek

The variability mechanisms from jetted AGNs are still under debate. Here the damped random walk (DRW) model, implemented through Gaussian Processe (GPs), is used to fit the $ZTF$ long-term optical light curves of 1684 $\gamma$-ray emission…

We study the acceleration, transport, and emission of particles in relativistic jets. Localized stochastic particle acceleration, spatial diffusion, and synchrotron as well as synchrotron self-Compton emission are considered in a leptonic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Xuhui Chen , Martin Pohl , Markus Boettcher

Observations of accreting black holes often provoke suggestions that their jets precess. The precession is usually supposed to result from a combination of the Lense-Thirring effect and accretion disc viscosity. We show that this is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Chris Nixon , Andrew King

In this thesis, models have been developed to study the radiation emission processes from the knots of AGN jets as well as for blazar jets. A continuous injection plasma model is developed to study the X-ray emission from the knots of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-08 B. Sunder Sahayanathan

Recent observations of Seyfert galaxies indicate that low power, misaligned jets can undergo significant interaction with the gas in the galactic disc and may be able to drive large-scale, multiphase outflows. We apply our novel sub-grid…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-22 Rosie Y. Talbot , Debora Sijacki , Martin A. Bourne

The analysis of the frequency dependence of the observed shift of the cores of relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) allows us to evaluate the number density of the outflowing plasma n and, hence, the multiplicity parameter,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-13 E. E. Nokhrina , V. S. Beskin , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. A. Zheltoukhov

Radial gradients of the brightness temperatures along the parsec-scale jets of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) can be used to infer the energy balance and to estimate the parameter range of physical conditions in these regions. In this paper,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-03 E. V. Kravchenko , I. N. Pashchenko , D. C. Homan , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , A. B. Pushkarev , E. Ros , T. Savolainen

Current observations have shown that astrophysical jets reveal strong signs of radial structure. They suggest that the inner region of the jet, the jet spine, consists of a low-density, fast-moving gas, while the outer region of the jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 S. Walg , A. Achterberg , S. Markoff , R. Keppens , Z. Meliani