Formation and Radiation Acceleration of Pair Plasmoids Near Galactic Black Holes
arXiv:astro-ph/9509024 · doi:10.1086/176833
Abstract
We study quantitatively the formation and radiation acceleration of electron-positron pair plasmoids produced by photon-photon collisions near Galactic black holes (GBHs). The terminal ejecta velocity is found to be completely determined by the total disk luminosity, proton loading factor and disk size, with no dependence on the initial velocity. We discuss potential applications to the recently discovered Galactic superluminal sources GRS1915, GROJ1655 and possibly other GBHs.
AAS LaTex file, 4 pages, 4 figures available upon request, ApJ accepted (Feb. 20, 1996)
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