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arxiv: astro-ph/0401181 · v1 · submitted 2004-01-11 · 🌌 astro-ph

Radiatively driven electron-positron jets from two component accretion flows

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keywords photonsdiscjetspost-shockelectron-positronhardkeplerianmatter
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Matter accreting onto black holes has long been known to have standing or oscillating shock waves. The post-shock matter puffs up in the form of a torus, which intercepts soft photons from the outer Keplerian disc and inverse Comptonizes to produce hard photons. The post-shock region also produces jets. We study the interaction of both hard photons and soft photons, with on-axis electron-positron jets. We show that the radiation from post-shock torus accelerates the flow to relativistic velocities, while that from the Keplerian disc has marginal effect. We also show that, the velocity at infinity or terminal velocity ${\vartheta}$, depends on the shock location in the disc.

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