Supermassive black holes and their surroundings: MeV signatures
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| author | Sbarrato, Tullia Ajello, Marco Buson, Sara Malyshev, Denys Malyshev, Dmitry V. Mukherjee, Reshmi Tagliaferri, Gianpiero Tavecchio, Fabrizio |
| author_facet | Sbarrato, Tullia Ajello, Marco Buson, Sara Malyshev, Denys Malyshev, Dmitry V. Mukherjee, Reshmi Tagliaferri, Gianpiero Tavecchio, Fabrizio |
| contents | The gravitational potential of supermassive black holes is so powerful that it triggers some of the most intense phenomena in the Universe. Accretion onto these objects and relativistic jet emission from their vicinity are observable across a wide range of frequencies and throughout cosmic history. However, despite this wealth of data, many aspects of their underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Investigating this phenomena across all frequencies is crucial, yet some energy windows are still poorly explored. One such window is the MeV energy range: many key signatures related to the emission from the SMBH environment - both in quiescent and active phases - are expected to lie between one and several hundreds MeV. In this work, we explore some of the open questions regarding the behavior and emission processes in the surroundings of SMBHs, and how these questions might be approached. From the elusive nature of Fermi bubbles around our Galactic Centre, to the origin of high-energy neutrinos in the nuclei and jets of Active Galactic Nuclei, to the nature and emission mechanisms of the most powerful blazars, the MeV window stands out as a crucial key to understanding SMBH physics. |
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| spellingShingle | Supermassive black holes and their surroundings: MeV signatures Sbarrato, Tullia Ajello, Marco Buson, Sara Malyshev, Denys Malyshev, Dmitry V. Mukherjee, Reshmi Tagliaferri, Gianpiero Tavecchio, Fabrizio High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics The gravitational potential of supermassive black holes is so powerful that it triggers some of the most intense phenomena in the Universe. Accretion onto these objects and relativistic jet emission from their vicinity are observable across a wide range of frequencies and throughout cosmic history. However, despite this wealth of data, many aspects of their underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Investigating this phenomena across all frequencies is crucial, yet some energy windows are still poorly explored. One such window is the MeV energy range: many key signatures related to the emission from the SMBH environment - both in quiescent and active phases - are expected to lie between one and several hundreds MeV. In this work, we explore some of the open questions regarding the behavior and emission processes in the surroundings of SMBHs, and how these questions might be approached. From the elusive nature of Fermi bubbles around our Galactic Centre, to the origin of high-energy neutrinos in the nuclei and jets of Active Galactic Nuclei, to the nature and emission mechanisms of the most powerful blazars, the MeV window stands out as a crucial key to understanding SMBH physics. |
| title | Supermassive black holes and their surroundings: MeV signatures |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01088 |