Leptonic and Hadronic Radiative Processes in Supermassive-Black-Hole Jets

Abstract

Supermassive black holes lying in the center of galaxies can launch relativistic jets of plasma along their polar axis. The physics of black-hole jets is a very active research topic in astrophysics, owing to the fact that many questions remain open on the physical mechanisms of jet launching, of particle acceleration in the jet, and on the radiative processes. In this work I focus on the last item, and present a review of the current understanding of radiative emission processes in supermassive-black-hole jets.

arXiv commentInvited review in Galaxies special issue "Jet Physics of Accreting Super Massive Black Holes"

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