Particle acceleration close to the supermassive black hole horizon: The case of M87

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1569-1575

  Rieger, F M ^a,b   Aharonian, F A ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy   (Germany)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Active galaxies; Black hole physics; Gamma rays; M87; Nonthermal radiation; Particle acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849099268     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271808013169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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