Proton loading of jets and other consequences of the injection of neutrons in accretion flows

G.S. VILA; F.L. VIEYRO; G.E. ROMERO

Buenos Aires

Conferencia; Second Argentinian-Brazilian Meeting - Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology,; 2014

IAR

Relativistic neutrons are injected in the corona surrounding an accretingblack hole through hadronic interactions of locally accelerated protons.If the source is a microquasar, a fraction of these neutrons may escape and penetratethe base of the jet. The neutrons will decay into protons inside the outflow,this being then a possible mechanism for loading Poynting-dominated jets withbaryons. We study the characteristics of the proton distribution injected in thisway and the consequences on the high-energy radiative spectrum of the jet. Wealso investigate the fate of those neutrons that escape the corona into the externalmedium.