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Title: Anomalous heating of quasar emission-line regions
Authors: Krishan, V
Keywords: Emission spectra
Extragalactic radio sources
Plasma heating
Quasars
Anomalies
Electrostatic waves
Nonthermal radiation
Plasma temperature
Plasma waves
Synchrotron radiation
Issue Date: Jun-1987
Publisher: Royal Astronomical Society
Citation: Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 226, No. 3, pp. 629 - 633
Abstract: It is shown that the non-thermal radio radiation from a quasar is intense enough to drive parametric instabilities in the fully ionized emission-line regions. These instabilities cause significant enhancement of the plasma resistivity around the normal modes of the plasma and thus lead to an anomalous heating effect. The maximum plasma temperature is a function of the luminosity of the non-thermal radio radiation and the plasma parameters of the emission-line regions.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3825
ISSN: 0035-8711
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