2008/02/25 by Indrek Vurm, INDREK VURM, Juri Poutanen +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Accretion (finance) #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Bremsstrahlung #Compton scattering #Electron #Kinetic energy #Photon #Synchrotron #Thermalisation #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218271808013236
published as Int.J.Mod.Phys.D17:1629-1634,2008 · 4 pages, 8 figures; Proceedings of the workshop 'High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows' (HEPRO), Dublin, Ireland
arxiv created 2008/02/25 · openalex publication_date 2008/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present detailed calculations of the electron thermalization by synchrotron self-absorption accounting for cooling by Compton scattering. For the first time, we solve the coupled kinetic equations for electrons and photons without any approximations on the relevant cross-sections and compute self-consistently the resulting electron and photon distributions. The results presented in this contribution may be applied to the magnetized coronae around galactic black hole accretion disks.