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Anisotropic induced Compton scattering - Constraints on models of active galactic nucleiA model for nonlinear radiative transfer on a lattice is used to explore observational signatures of anisotropic induced Compton scattering. Ways in which an intense beam of radiation may be altered in passing through a slab of plasma that is optically thin to spontaneous Thomson scattering are explained. A numerical approach to induced Compton scattering which involves solving the equations of nonlinear transfer on a lattice is described. Results of calculations for some simple geometrical configurations (spheres, disks, cylindrical 'jets', etc.) are presented. Some possible applications of these results to the interpretation of actual data on compact radio sources are outlined, and the FIR spectra of AGN are considered.
Document ID
19930056512
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Coppi, P.
(Chicago Univ. IL; California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, United States)
Blandford, R. D.
(California Inst. of Technology Pasadena, United States)
Rees, M. J.
(Cambridge Univ. Inst. of Astronomy, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices
Volume: 262
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0035-8711
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A40509
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1284
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1301
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-89-17765
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-2816
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1636
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-830
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