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High-energy neutrinos from active galactic nucleiThe spectrum and high-energy neutrino background flux from photomeson production in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is calculated using the recent UV and X-ray observations to define the photon fields and an accretion-disk shock-acceleration model for producing high-energy particles. Collectively, AGN produce the dominant isotropic neutrino background between 10,000 and 10 to the 10th GeV, detectable with current instruments. AGN neutrinos should produce a sphere of stellar disruption which may explain the 'broad-line region' seen in AGN.
Document ID
19910054292
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Stecker, F. W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Done, C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Salamon, M. H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Sommers, P.
(Utah, University Salt Lake City, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
May 27, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review Letters
Volume: 66
ISSN: 0031-9007
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Accession Number
91A38915
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1999
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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