Unbeamed γ-rays from low luminosity AGNs

• Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
• Main Authors: Niedźwiecki, A., Xie, F., Beckmann, V.
• Other Authors: APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies (APC - AHE), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna (UNIBO)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]; [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]; Muonio
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00728760; https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/355/1/012035

International audience Proton-proton collisions in two-temperature accretion flows may lead to substantial γ-ray emission through neutral pion production and decay. We present preliminary results of our study of such a hadronic γ-ray emission. We find that radiatively inefficient flows around rapidly rotating black holes can produce the MeV/GeV luminosities up to ~ 1044 erg s-1. The hot-flow model predictions for the hadronic and the Comptonization components can put interesting constraints on the properties of the source of high-energy radiation in AGNs. As an example, we compare our model with X/γ-ray observations of Centaurus A and we find that the model with a maximally rotating black hole strongly overpredicts the γ-ray flux.