Energetic and Broad Band Spectral Distribution of Emission from Astronomical Jets

TL;DR

This paper reviews the broad spectral emission from astronomical jets, emphasizing the radiative mechanisms across different regions and their implications for understanding jet physics, particle acceleration, and jet launching processes.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of radiative processes in jets, focusing on models used to interpret multi-wavelength observations of AGN and XRB jets.

Findings

Different radiative mechanisms operate along jets.

Models help interpret spectral data and infer physical conditions.

Insights into jet launching and particle acceleration mechanisms.

Abstract

Emission from astronomical jets extend over the entire spectral band: from radio to the TeV gamma-rays. This implies that various radiative processes are taking place in different regions along jets. Understanding the origin of the emission is crucial in understanding the physical conditions inside jets, as well as basic physical questions such as jet launching mechanism, particle acceleration and jet composition. In this chapter I discuss various radiative mechanisms, focusing on jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) and X-ray binaries (XRB) environment. I discuss various models in use in interpreting the data, and the insights they provide.