Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks

Autores
Müller, Ana Laura; Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Año de publicación
2020
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Context. Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes surrounded by an accretion disk, two populations of clouds, bipolar jets, and a dusty torus. The clouds move in Keplerian orbits at high velocities. In particular, the broad-line region (BLR) clouds have velocities ranging from 1000 to 10 000 km s-1. Given the extreme proximity of these clouds to the supermassive black hole, frequent collisions with the accretion disk should occur. Aims. The impact of BLR clouds onto the accretion disk can produce strong shock waves where particles might be accelerated. The goal of this work is to investigate the production of relativistic particles, and the associated non-thermal radiation in these events. In particular, we apply the model we develop to the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068. Methods. We analyze the efficiency of diffusive shock acceleration in the shock of colliding clouds of the BLR with the accretion disk. We calculate the spectral energy distribution of photons generated by the relativistic particles and estimate the number of simultaneous impacts needed to explain the gamma radiation observed by Fermi in Seyfert galaxies. Results. We find that is possible to understand the measured gamma emission in terms of the interaction of clouds with the disk if the hard X-ray emission of the source is at least obscured between 20% and 40%. The total number of clouds contained in the BLR region might be between 3 × 108 and 6 × 108, which are values in good agreement with the observational evidence. The maximum energy achieved by the protons (∼PeV) in this context allows the production of neutrinos in the observing range of IceCube.
Fil: Müller, Ana Laura. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina. Karlsruhe Institute Of Technology; Alemania
Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
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GALAXIES: ACTIVE
GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 1068
RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL
SHOCK WAVES
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spelling Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disksMüller, Ana LauraRomero, Gustavo EstebanGALAXIES: ACTIVEGALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 1068RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMALSHOCK WAVEShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Context. Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes surrounded by an accretion disk, two populations of clouds, bipolar jets, and a dusty torus. The clouds move in Keplerian orbits at high velocities. In particular, the broad-line region (BLR) clouds have velocities ranging from 1000 to 10 000 km s-1. Given the extreme proximity of these clouds to the supermassive black hole, frequent collisions with the accretion disk should occur. Aims. The impact of BLR clouds onto the accretion disk can produce strong shock waves where particles might be accelerated. The goal of this work is to investigate the production of relativistic particles, and the associated non-thermal radiation in these events. In particular, we apply the model we develop to the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068. Methods. We analyze the efficiency of diffusive shock acceleration in the shock of colliding clouds of the BLR with the accretion disk. We calculate the spectral energy distribution of photons generated by the relativistic particles and estimate the number of simultaneous impacts needed to explain the gamma radiation observed by Fermi in Seyfert galaxies. Results. We find that is possible to understand the measured gamma emission in terms of the interaction of clouds with the disk if the hard X-ray emission of the source is at least obscured between 20% and 40%. The total number of clouds contained in the BLR region might be between 3 × 108 and 6 × 108, which are values in good agreement with the observational evidence. The maximum energy achieved by the protons (∼PeV) in this context allows the production of neutrinos in the observing range of IceCube.Fil: Müller, Ana Laura. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina. Karlsruhe Institute Of Technology; AlemaniaFil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaEDP Sciences2020-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/121354Müller, Ana Laura; Romero, Gustavo Esteban; Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks; EDP Sciences; Astronomy and Astrophysics; 636; A92; 4-2020; 1-90004-6361CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361/202037639info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/04/aa37639-20/aa37639-20.htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:59:41Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/121354instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:59:41.842CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
title Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
spellingShingle Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
Müller, Ana Laura
GALAXIES: ACTIVE
GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 1068
RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL
SHOCK WAVES
title_short Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
title_full Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
title_fullStr Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
title_full_unstemmed Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
title_sort Radiation from the impact of broad-line region clouds onto AGN accretion disks
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Müller, Ana Laura
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author Müller, Ana Laura
author_facet Müller, Ana Laura
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author_role author
author2 Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv GALAXIES: ACTIVE
GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 1068
RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL
SHOCK WAVES
topic GALAXIES: ACTIVE
GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 1068
RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL
SHOCK WAVES
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Context. Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes surrounded by an accretion disk, two populations of clouds, bipolar jets, and a dusty torus. The clouds move in Keplerian orbits at high velocities. In particular, the broad-line region (BLR) clouds have velocities ranging from 1000 to 10 000 km s-1. Given the extreme proximity of these clouds to the supermassive black hole, frequent collisions with the accretion disk should occur. Aims. The impact of BLR clouds onto the accretion disk can produce strong shock waves where particles might be accelerated. The goal of this work is to investigate the production of relativistic particles, and the associated non-thermal radiation in these events. In particular, we apply the model we develop to the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068. Methods. We analyze the efficiency of diffusive shock acceleration in the shock of colliding clouds of the BLR with the accretion disk. We calculate the spectral energy distribution of photons generated by the relativistic particles and estimate the number of simultaneous impacts needed to explain the gamma radiation observed by Fermi in Seyfert galaxies. Results. We find that is possible to understand the measured gamma emission in terms of the interaction of clouds with the disk if the hard X-ray emission of the source is at least obscured between 20% and 40%. The total number of clouds contained in the BLR region might be between 3 × 108 and 6 × 108, which are values in good agreement with the observational evidence. The maximum energy achieved by the protons (∼PeV) in this context allows the production of neutrinos in the observing range of IceCube.
Fil: Müller, Ana Laura. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina. Karlsruhe Institute Of Technology; Alemania
Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
description Context. Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes surrounded by an accretion disk, two populations of clouds, bipolar jets, and a dusty torus. The clouds move in Keplerian orbits at high velocities. In particular, the broad-line region (BLR) clouds have velocities ranging from 1000 to 10 000 km s-1. Given the extreme proximity of these clouds to the supermassive black hole, frequent collisions with the accretion disk should occur. Aims. The impact of BLR clouds onto the accretion disk can produce strong shock waves where particles might be accelerated. The goal of this work is to investigate the production of relativistic particles, and the associated non-thermal radiation in these events. In particular, we apply the model we develop to the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068. Methods. We analyze the efficiency of diffusive shock acceleration in the shock of colliding clouds of the BLR with the accretion disk. We calculate the spectral energy distribution of photons generated by the relativistic particles and estimate the number of simultaneous impacts needed to explain the gamma radiation observed by Fermi in Seyfert galaxies. Results. We find that is possible to understand the measured gamma emission in terms of the interaction of clouds with the disk if the hard X-ray emission of the source is at least obscured between 20% and 40%. The total number of clouds contained in the BLR region might be between 3 × 108 and 6 × 108, which are values in good agreement with the observational evidence. The maximum energy achieved by the protons (∼PeV) in this context allows the production of neutrinos in the observing range of IceCube.
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