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We investigate a novel mechanism of bulk acceleration for relativistic jets of pure electron-positron pair plasma.We assumed that relativistically hot plasma is optically thick for Compton scattering and then pair plasma coupled dynamically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Iwamoto , F. Takahara

Through detailed numerical simulations, we demonstrate that relativistic outflows (Lorentz factor $\Gamma \sim 7$) of electron-positron pairs can be produced by radiative acceleration even when the flow starts from a nearly pair equilibrium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-12 Katsuaki Asano , Fumio Takahara

Motivated by relativistic jets observed in active galactic nuclei (AGN), we simulate outflows of electron-positron pairs strongly coupled with photons from normal electron-proton plasmas. Using multi-fluid approximation and a Monte Carlo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Katsuaki Asano , Fumio Takahara

An X-ray short burst associated with a Galactic fast radio burst was observed in 2020, distinguished by its X-ray cut-off energy significantly exceeding that of other X-ray short bursts. X-ray photons of these short bursts are believed to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-14 Tomoki Wada , Katsuaki Asano

We propose a straightforward and efficient mechanism for the high-energy emission of relativistic astrophysical jets associated with an exchange of interacting high-energy photons between the jet and the external environment. Physical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Boris E. Stern , Juri Poutanen

It is generally accepted that relativistic jet outflows power the nonthermal emission from active galactic nuclei (AGN). The composition of these jets -- leptonic versus hadronic -- is still under debate. We investigate the microphysical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Schlickeiser , R. Vainio , M. Boettcher , I. Lerche , M. Pohl , C. Schuster

We present a model for relativistic jets which generates a particular angular distribution of Lorentz factor and energy per solid angle. We consider a fireball with specific internal energy E/M launched with bulk Lorentz factor \gamma_B.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Paul C. Duffell , Andrew I. MacFadyen

The evolution of a dilute electron-positron fireball is calculated in the regime of strong magnetization and very high compactness (l ~10^3-10^8). Heating is applied at a low effective temperature (< 25 keV), and the fireball is allowed to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Christopher Thompson , Ramandeep Gill

A high energy power law is a common feature in the spectra of many astrophysical objects. We show that the photons in a relativistic plasma with a variable Lorentz factor go through repeated scattering with electrons to gain energy. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 Mukesh K. Vyas , Asaf Pe'er

We report on a measurement of collective behavior in a relativistic electron-positron pair plasma produced in the laboratory. Using the Fireball platform at CERN's HiRadMat facility, 440 GeV protons were used to generate an…

There are observational indications that relativistic outflows in AGNs are accelerated over distances that far exceed the scale of the central engine. Examples include the radio galaxy NGC 6251, where knots in the radio jets were inferred…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Vlahakis , A. Konigl

TeV $\gamma$-ray detections in flaring states without activity in X-rays from blazars have attracted much attention due to the irregularity of these "orphan" flares. Although the synchrotron self-Compton model has been very successful in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Nissim Fraija

In this paper we model the emission from a relativistically expanding electron-positron pair plasma fireball originating near the surface of a heated neutron star. This pair fireball is deposited via the annihilation of neutrino pairs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jay D. Salmonson , James R. Wilson , Grant J. Mathews

We present the first general relativistic hydrodynamic models of the launch and evolution of relativistic jets and winds, driven by thermal energy deposition, possibly due to neutrino-antineutrino annihilation, in the close vicinity of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. A. Aloy , H. -T. Janka , E. Mueller

The current popular model for launching, accelerating and collimating astrophysical jets is based on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). AGN jets are most probably powered by energy extracted from either an accretion disk or a rapidly rotating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Max Camenzind

It is suggested that the outflowing plasma in the jets of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is inhomogeneous and consists of separate clouds. These clouds are strongly magnetized and move away from the central engine at relativistic speeds. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 V. V. Usov , M. V. Smolsky

The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory revealed the high energy emission of some Active Galactic Nuclei called "Blazars"; few of them have also been observed by ground Cererenkov arrays. Those sources observed with Whipple Observatory emit gamma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Pelletier , G. Henri

Within the internal shock scenario we consider different mechanisms of high energy ($>1$ MeV) photon production inside a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) fireball and derive the expected high energy photon spectra from individual GRBs during the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Nayantara Gupta , Bing Zhang

The expansion of a charge-neutral cloud of electrons and positrons with the temperature 1 MeV into an unmagnetized ambient plasma is examined with a 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. The pair outflow drives solitary waves in the ambient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-01 ME Dieckmann , A Alejo , G Sarri

High-energy emission of extragalactic objects is known to take place in relativistic jets, but the nature, the location, and the emission processes of the emitting particles are still unknown. One of the models proposed to explain the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-28 Thomas Vuillaume , Gilles Henri , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci
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