Speaker
Chris Done
(University of Durham)
Description
The hard X-ray emission seen from accreting black holes shows that some fraction of the gravitational energy is not thermalised in optically thick material, so gives a more direct view of the particle acceleration mechanism(s) in strong gravity. I will review how we can use these data to understand more about how particles are accelerated in the vicinity of the black hole.
Primary author
Chris Done
(University of Durham)
