https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02162-6
Regular Article
Pondermotive acceleration of charged particles along the relativistic jets of an accreting blackhole
1 RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
2 University of California Irvine, CA, USA
a e-mail: ebisu@postman.riken.jp
Received: 13 March 2014
Revised: 24 March 2014
Published online: 4 June 2014
Accreting blackholes such as miniquasars and active galactic nuclei can contribute to the highest energy components of intra- (∼1015 eV) galactic and extra-galactic components (∼1020 eV) of cosmic rays. Alfven wave pulses which are excited in the accretion disk around blackholes propagate in relativistic jets. Because of their highly non-linear nature of the waves, charged particles (protons, ions, and electrons) can be accelerated to high energies in relativistic jets in accreting blackhole systems, the central engine of miniquasars and active galactic nuclei.
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