https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136105014
Gamma-ray emission from early-type stars interacting with AGN jets
1 Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 3-72 (Xangari), 58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México.
2 Universitat de Barcelona. Departament d’Astronomia i Meteorologia Marti i Franques 1, 7th floor ES 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
3 Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, C.C.5, (1894) Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
4 Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
a e-mail: a.araudo@crya.unam.mx
Published online: 9 December 2013
We study the interaction of early-type stars with the jets of active galactic nuclei. A bow-shock will form as a consequence of the interaction of the jet with the winds of stars and particles can be accelerated up to relativistic energies in these shocks. We compute the non-thermal radiation produced by relativistic electrons from radio to gamma-rays. This radiation may be significant, and its detection might yield information on the properties of the stellar population in the galaxy nucleus, as well as on the relativistic jet. This emission is expected to be relevant for nearby non-blazar sources.
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