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Neutrino-heated stars and broad-line emission from active galactic nucleiNonthermal radiation from active galactic nuclei indicates the presence of highly relativistic particles. The interaction of these high-energy particles with matter and photons gives rise to a flux of high-energy neutrinos. In this paper, the influence of the expected high neutrino fluxes on the structure and evolution of single, main-sequence stars is investigated. Sequences of models of neutrino-heated stars in thermal equilibrium are presented for masses 0.25, 0.5, 0.8, and 1.0 solar mass. In addition, a set of evolutionary sequences for mass 0.5 solar mass have been computed for different assumed values for the incident neutrino energy flux. It is found that winds driven by the heating due to high-energy particles and hard electromagnetic radiation of the outer layers of neutrino-bloated stars may satisfy the requirements of the model of Kazanas (1989) for the broad-line emission clouds in active galactic nuclei.
Document ID
19910065857
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Macdonald, James
(Delaware, University Newark, United States)
Stanev, Todor
(Bartol Research Institute Newark, DE, United States)
Biermann, Peter L.
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 378
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
91A50480
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DFG-BI-191/7-2
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1295
Distribution Limits
Public
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