The high energy emission from black holes

2007/11/06 by M. D. Caballero‐García, J. M. Mïller, Caballero-Garcia, M. D. +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0711.0844

Abstract

The origin of the high energy emission (X-rays and gamma-rays) from black holes is still a matter of debate. We present new evidence that hard X-ray emission in the low/hard state may not be dominated by thermal Comptonization. We present an alternative scenario for the origin of the high energy emission that is well suited to explain the high energy emission from GRO J1655-40.

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