A testable stochastic acceleration model for flares in sagittarius A*

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 648, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1020-1025

  Liu, Siming ^a   Petrosian, Vahé ^b   Melia, Fulvio ^c   Fryer, Christopher L ^a,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Black hole physics; Galaxy: center; Plasmas; Radiation mechanisms: thermal; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750560662     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506194     Document Type: Article

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