Gamma-ray emission from early-type stars interacting with AGN jets
Abstract
We study the interaction of early-type stars with the jets of active galactic nuclei. A bow-shock will form as a consequence of the interaction of the jet with the winds of stars and particles can be accelerated up to relativistic energies in these shocks. We compute the non-thermal radiation produced by relativistic electrons from radio to gamma-rays. This radiation may be significant, and its detection might yield information on the properties of the stellar population in the galaxy nucleus, as well as on the relativistic jet. This emission is expected to be relevant for nearby non-blazar sources.
- Publication:
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European Physical Journal Web of Conferences
- Pub Date:
- December 2013
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1309.2681
- Bibcode:
- 2013EPJWC..6105014A
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- To appear in the proceedings of the conference "The Innermost Regions of Relativistic Jets and Their Magnetic Fields"