Principal Investigator:
Felix Spanier(1), Anne Stockem-Novo(2)
, (1) Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen (Germany), (2) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)
HPC Platform used:
SuperMUC of LRZ
Local Project ID:
pr74se
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are powerful emitters of photons in energy ranges from few millielectron volts (meV) to several teraelectron volts (TeV). These sources show variabilities as fast as a few minutes. It is believed that the emission originates from particles accelerated in shock waves in the jet of AGN. Observational data, however, is too sparse to constrain radiation models. Therefore, light curves (i.e. temporal data) are used to constrain models further. Using the Particle-in-Cell method to investigate shock collisions, this project aims at gaining more detailed insight into a special case of variability.
