Particle acceleration in AGN magnetic reconnection regions

被引:4
作者
Birk, GT [1 ]
Lesch, H
Schopper, R
Wiechen, H
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Astron, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Munich, Inst Astron & Astrophys, D-8000 Munich, Germany
关键词
AGN; magnetic reconnection; magnetic field;
D O I
10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00026-2
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Magnetic field-aligned electric fields are characteristic features of magnetic reconnection processes in the coronae of AGN. In these fields electrons can be accelerated efficiently and fast enough to contribute to TeV emission phenomena. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:63 / 64
页数:2
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