EFFECTS OF RELATIVISTIC PROTON INTERACTIONS IN QSOs AND AGN

相对论性电子加速是一个共同的特点， 许多类恒星物体和活动星系核。 相对论质子也必须加速，但几乎没有 人们已经做了大量的工作来研究 这些粒子，也不是他们碰撞的后果， 环境气体。 这项工作，由一个主要的合作伙伴在大学的 明尼苏达州的红外天文学成果，代表了一种探索 在这些问题中，由NSF的小额赠款资助， 探索性研究计划。

Relativistic electron acceleration is a common characteristic of many quasi-stellar objects and active galactic nuclei. Relativistic protons must be accelerated as well, but almost no work has been done to investigate the limits on the abundance of these particles, nor on the consequences of their collision with ambient gas. This work, by a major partner in the University of Minnesota's infrared astronomy effort, represents an exploration of these questions, funded under NSF's Small Grants for Exploratory Research program.