High-Energy Neutrinos from Active Galactic Nuclei
Abstract
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are sources of high-energy γ-rays and are considered to be promising candidates to be sources of high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos as well. We present and discuss various models for ion acceleration and their interactions with matter and radiation leading to high-energy neutrino production. We consider neutrino production mechanisms in both jet-loud and jet-quiet AGN, focusing on disks and coronae in the vicinity of the central black hole, jet regions, and magnetized environments surrounding the AGN. The IceCube collaboration has reported high-energy neutrino events that may come from both the jet-loud AGN TXS 0506+056 and the jet-quiet AGN NGC 1068. We discuss the implications of these observations themselves as well as the origins of the all-sky neutrino intensity.
- Publication:
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The Encyclopedia of Cosmology. Set 2: Frontiers in Cosmology. Volume 2: Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789811282645_0010
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2202.03381
- Bibcode:
- 2023ecnp.book..483M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 58 pages, 26 figures, 1 table, invited review article to appear in "Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics", Ed. F. W. Stecker, in Encyclopedia of Cosmology II, Ed. G. G. Fazio (World Scientific), references added