2019/05/11 by Ebisuzaki, Toshikazu, Tajima, Toshiki
#Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1905.04506
We consider that electromagnetic pulses produced in the jets of this innermost part of the accretion disk accelerate charged particles (protons, ions, electrons) to very high energies including energies above 1020 eV for the case of protons and nucleus and 1012-15 eV for electrons by electromagnetic wave-particle interaction. The episodic eruptive accretion in the disk by the magneto-rotational instability gives rise to the strong Alfvenic pulses, which acts as the driver of the collective accelerating pondermotive force. This pondermotive force drives the wakes. The accelerated hadrons (protons and nuclei) are released to the intergalactic space to be ultra-high energy cosmic rays. The high-energy electrons, on the other hand, emit photons in the collisions of electromagnetic perturbances to produce various non-thermal emissions (radio, IR, visible, UV, and gamma-rays) of active galactic nuclei. Applying the theory to M82 X-1, we find that it can explain the northern hot spot of ultra high energy cosmic rays above 6× 1019 eV. We also discuss astrophysical implications for other nearby active galactic nuclei, neutron star mergers, and high energy neutrinos.