Multi-wavelength polarimetric studies of relativistic jets in activo galactic nuclei
Metadatos
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Casadio, CarolinaEditorial
Universidad de Granada
Departamento
Universidad de Granada. Programa Oficial de Doctorado en: Física y Matemáticas; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Instituto de Astrofísica de AndalucíaMateria
Chorros (Física nuclear) Reacciones nucleares Galaxias Núcleos galácticos activos Espectroscopía nuclear Fuentes de radio Polarimetría
Materia UDC
51 524 250205
Fecha
2016Fecha lectura
2016-04-14Referencia bibliográfica
Casadio, C. Multi-wavelength polarimetric studies of relativistic jets in activo galactic nuclei. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2016. [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/43886]
Patrocinador
Tesis Univ. Granada. Programa Oficial de Doctorado en: Física y MatemáticasResumen
This Thesis is focussed on the study of relativistic jets, commonly present
in multiple astrophysical sites, from active galactic nuclei (AGN), to microquasars
or gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In the case of AGN, huge amounts of
energy across the whole electromagnetic spectrum are released as a consequence
of the accretion of material onto a supermassive back hole (SMBH)
lurking at their centers. The accretion leads to the formation of a pair of
very powerful and highly collimated jets extending far beyond the size of
the host galaxy.
We analyzed the correlation between the multi-wavelength emission and
the radio jet in three powerful AGN, the radio galaxies 3C 120 and M 87,
and the quasar CTA 102. The main goal of this Thesis is to obtain a better
understanding of the jet dynamics and the role played by the magnetic field,
and to determine what are the sites and mechanisms for the production of
the ϒ-ray emission observed in these sources.