High-energy neutrinos from active galactic nuclei
Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: We calculate the spectrum and high-energy \ensuremath{\nu} background flux from photomeson production in active galactic nuclei (AGN), using the recent UV and x-ray observations to define the photon fields and an accretion-disk shock-acceleration model for producing high-energy particles. Collectively, AGN produce the dominant isotropic \ensuremath{\nu} background between ${10}^{4}$ and ${10}^{10}$ GeV, detectable with current instruments. AGN \ensuremath{\nu}'s should produce a sphere of stellar disruption which may explain the ``broad-line region'' seen in AGN.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: F. W. Stecker, C. Done, M. H. Salamon, P. Sommers
Institutions: Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Utah
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2020834529