Relativistic Hadrons in Cosmic Compact Objects: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Koninki/Suhora, Poland 9–11 October 1990

Mitchell C. Begelman (auth.), Andrzej A. Zdziarski, Marek Sikora (eds.)3540547894, 9783540547891, 0387547894

The articles in this book deal with energetic hadron processes near astrophysical compact objects, including compact binary systems and active galactic nuclei. A variety of observational results suggest that relativistic hadrons can be produced in the vicinity of these objects. Amongthe topics treated in detail are the question whether a large fraction of the energy produced by active galactic nuclei is channeled into a population of relativistic protons and the problem of the origin of very high and ultra-high energy gamma rays from galactic compact sources.

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Table of contents :
Relativistic hadrons near accreting compact objects: Dynamical and radiative signatures….Pages 1-14
Can ultrarelativistic neutrons from the central engine drive the outflow in broad absorption line QSOS?….Pages 15-21
Inflation of stars by TeV neutrinos….Pages 23-25
Electron-positron pair production in compact sources with energetic protons….Pages 27-40
Limit cycles in electromagnetic cascades in compact objects….Pages 41-50
Nuclear interactions near accreting black holes….Pages 51-52
A new approach to hot accretion disks….Pages 53-56
X-ray continuum emission caused by relativistic protons….Pages 57-66
Pair cascade model constraints on energetic particle emission from active galactic nuclei….Pages 67-72
Jets and hotspots in extragalactic radio sources….Pages 73-76
Pion production in strong magnetic fields: A model for gamma-ray emission from accreting X-ray pulsars….Pages 77-89
Particle acceleration at shock fronts in AGNs and jets….Pages 91-100
Fermi particle acceleration in relativistic shocks: Preliminary nonlinear results….Pages 101-110
Cosmic ray transport in AGNs and jets….Pages 111-119
Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Shock waves with Oblique Magnetic Fields in the presence of Finite Amplitude Field perturbations….Pages 121-124
Collisional Acceleration of Electrons in Central Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei….Pages 125-130
Influence of Second-Order Fermi acceleration and Relativistic Shock Waves on Nonthermal Continuum Emission in Hot Spots….Pages 131-134
Collimated Relativistic Winds Driven by Electromagnetic Forces….Pages 135-139
Ultra-relativistic pulsar wind….Pages 141-144
A model of pulsed gamma-radiation from the X-ray binary Hercules X-1/HZ Herculis….Pages 145-145
Gamma-ray astronomy above 100 GeV….Pages 147-167
High energy and very high energy gamma-rays from electromagnetic cascade induced by relativistic neutrons in AGN….Pages 168-172
Near simultaneous optical and TeV observations of AE Aquarii….Pages 173-182