TY - JOUR
T1 - Fits to the spectra of broad-line region of active galactic nuclei and opacities for two-photon pair production
AU - Ntshatsha, M.
AU - Razzaque, S.
AU - Britto, R. J.
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Based on the spectral analysis of a composite Hubble Space Telescope (HST) spectrum made of 184 quasar data, we model the emission lines of the broad-line region (BLR) using analytic functions. For simplicity of this paper we neglect effects of the continuum emission, which may be resulting from emission by the accretion disk, and assume the emission of the BLR to be composed of the most prominent emission lines that form as a result of ionization and recombination processes within regions of the BLR. We also calculate opacities for gamma-rays propagating in the BLR and interacting with the modeled emission to produce electron-positron (e±) pairs.
AB - Based on the spectral analysis of a composite Hubble Space Telescope (HST) spectrum made of 184 quasar data, we model the emission lines of the broad-line region (BLR) using analytic functions. For simplicity of this paper we neglect effects of the continuum emission, which may be resulting from emission by the accretion disk, and assume the emission of the BLR to be composed of the most prominent emission lines that form as a result of ionization and recombination processes within regions of the BLR. We also calculate opacities for gamma-rays propagating in the BLR and interacting with the modeled emission to produce electron-positron (e±) pairs.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85070923995
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 338
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
T2 - 6th High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa, HEASA 2018
Y2 - 1 August 2018 through 3 August 2018
ER -