Broad Line Region Structure from Profile Shapes

Author(s):  
Keith L. Thompson
Author(s):  
MARKOS GEORGANOPOULOS ◽  
AMANDA DOTSON ◽  
DEMOSTHENES KAZANAS ◽  
ERIC PERLMAN

This work presents a method for settling the following ongoing debate: is the GeV emission of powerful blazars produced inside the sub-pc size broad line region (BLR) or further out at scales of ~ 10 pc where the IR photon field of the dusty molecular torus dominates over that the UV field of the BLR? In the first case the GeV emission is most probably external Compton (EC) scattering of the ~ 10 eV BLR photons21, while in the second the seed photons for the EC GeV emission are the ~ 0.1 eV photons of the dust9 in the molecular torus8. The issue of the energy dissipation location is connected to the jet formation and collimation process25 and, as we argue here, can be resolved with Fermi spectral variability observations.


2022 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Ze-Rui Wang ◽  
Rui Xue

Abstract In addition to neutrino event IceCube-170922A which is observed to be associated with a γ-ray flare from blazar TXS 0506+056, there are also several neutrino events that may be associated with blazars. Among them, PKS B1424-418, GB6 J1040+0617 and PKS 1502+106 are low synchrotron peaked sources, which are usually believed to have the broad line region in the vicinity of the central black hole. They are considered as counterparts of IceCube event 35, IceCube-141209A and IceCube-190730A, respectively. By considering the proton-proton (pp) interactions between the dense gas clouds in the broad line region and the relativistic protons in the jet, we show that the pp model that is applied in this work can not only reproduce the multi-waveband spectral energy distribution but also suggest a considerable annual neutrino detection rate. We also discuss the emission from the photopion production and Bethe-Heitler pair production with a sub-Eddington jet power that is suggested in our model and find that it has little effect on the spectrum of total emission for all of three sources.


1997 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Santos‐Lleo ◽  
E. Chatzichristou ◽  
C. Mendes de Oliveira ◽  
C. Winge ◽  
D. Alloin ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 865 (2) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Miller ◽  
E. Cackett ◽  
A. Zoghbi ◽  
D. Barret ◽  
E. Behar ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.C. Popovic

In this paper a discussion of kinematics and physics of the Broad Line Region (BLR) is given. The possible physical conditions in the BLR and problems in determination of the physical parameters (electron temperature and density) are considered. Moreover, one analyses the geometry of the BLR and the probability that (at least) a fraction of the radiation in the Broad Emission Lines (BELs) originates from a relativistic accretion disk.


2014 ◽  
Vol 565 ◽  
pp. L11 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Braibant ◽  
D. Hutsemékers ◽  
D. Sluse ◽  
T. Anguita ◽  
C. J. García-Vergara

1992 ◽  
pp. 226-227
Author(s):  
Andrew Robinson ◽  
Enrique Pérez ◽  
Luis de la Fuente

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