FORMATION AND RADIATION ACCELERATION OF PAIR PLASMOIDS NEAR GALACTIC BLACK-HOLES

Authors
LI H LIANG EP
Citation
H. Li et Ep. Liang, FORMATION AND RADIATION ACCELERATION OF PAIR PLASMOIDS NEAR GALACTIC BLACK-HOLES, The Astrophysical journal, 458(2), 1996, pp. 514-517
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
458
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Part
1
Pages
514 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1996)458:2<514:FARAOP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We study quantitatively the formation and radiation acceleration of el ectron-positron pair plasmoids produced by photon-photon collisions ne ar Galactic black holes (GBHs). The terminal ejecta velocity is found to be completely determined by the total disk luminosity, proton loadi ng factor, and disk size, with no dependence on the initial velocity. We discuss potential applications to the recently discovered Galactic super-luminal sources GRS 1915 and GRO J1655 and possibly other GBHs.