Wien Fireball Model of Relativistic Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei

Abstract

We study steady and spherically symmetric outflows of pure electron-positron pair plasma as a possible acceleration mechanism of relativistic jets up to the bulk Lorentz factor of greater than 10. These outflows are initiated by the ``Wien fireball'', which is optically thick to Compton scattering but thin to absorption and in a Wien equilibrium state between pairs and photons at a relativistic temperature.

arXiv comment16 pages, 13 figures, 1 table, ApJ in press

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