Particle acceleration in black hole accretion flows

Nov 16, 2021, 9:00 AM
30m
Virtual

Virtual

Invited talk Day 2 / Session 1

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)

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