Electric Discharges onto a Black Hole and X-Ray Transient Periodic Variability in AGN

de Diego, J. A.; Dultzin-Hacyan, D.; Núñez, D.; Pérez, R.
Bibliographical reference

"Astrophysical Plasmas: Codes, Models, and Observations, Proceedings of the conference held in Mexico City, October 25-29, 1999, Eds. Jane Arthur, Nancy Brickhouse, and José Franco, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias), Volume 9, p. 326-328 POSTSCRIPT: http://www.astrosmo.unam.mx/rmaa/APCM/PSGZ/sapcm_dediego.ps.gz"

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2000
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Description
We present a mechanism to produce X-ray transient periodic variations in AGN. This mechanism is triggered off by Compton scattering in the infalling plasma into a black hole, which can induce an electric charge in the singularity. The charging and discharging processes can affect the X-ray luminosity of AGN.