TeV Neutrinos and Hard X-Rays from Relativistic Reconnection in the Corona of NGC 1068

The recent discovery of astrophysical neutrinos from the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 suggests the presence of nonthermal protons within a compact “coronal” region close to the central black hole. The acceleration mechanism of these nonthermal protons remains elusive. We show that a large-scale magnetic...

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Main Authors: Damiano F. G. Fiorillo, Maria Petropoulou, Luca Comisso, Enrico Peretti, Lorenzo Sironi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad192b