Nonthermal radiation from the central region of super-accreting active galactic nuclei
arXiv:2206.10731 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243682
Abstract
The radio emission mechanism in active galactic nuclei (AGN) with high accretion rates is unclear. It has been suggested that low-power jets may explain the observed radiation at sub-parsec scales. The mechanisms for jet formation at super-Eddington rates, however, are not well understood. On the same scale, clouds from the broad-line region (BLR) propagating with supersonic velocities in the wind launched by the accretion disk may lead to the production of nonthermal radiation. We aim to characterize the nonthermal emission produced by the propagation of clouds through the wind of the accretion disk in super-accreting AGNs and to estimate the relevance of such contribution to the radio band of the electromagnetic spectrum. We determine the conditions under which the BLR clouds are not destroyed by shocks or hydrodynamic instabilities when immersed in the powerful wind of the accretion disk. These clouds form bowshocks that are suitable sites for particle acceleration. We develop a semianalytical model to calculate the distribution of relativistic particles in these bowshocks and the associated spectral energy distribution (SED) of the emitted radiation. For typical parameters of super-accreting AGNs, we find that the cloud-wind interactions can produce nonthermal emission from radio up to a few tens of TeV, with slight absorption effects, if the processes occur outside the wind photosphere. Radio emission in AGNs without jets can be explained if the accretion rate is super-Eddington and there is a broad-line region at sub-parsec scales around the central black hole. The accretion rate must not be extremely high so most of the clouds orbit outside of the wind photosphere and the radiation can escape to the observer.
arXiv comment12 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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