Universe (Feb 2018)

On the High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei

  • Emma Kun,
  • Peter L. Biermann,
  • Silke Britzen,
  • László Á. Gergely

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe4020024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
p. 24

Abstract

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We review observational aspects of the active galactic nuclei and their jets in connection with the detection of high-energy neutrinos by the Antarctic IceCube Neutrino Observatory. We propose that a reoriented jet generated by the spin-flipping supermassive black hole in a binary merger is likely the source of such high-energy neutrinos. Hence they encode important information on the afterlife of coalescing supermassive black hole binaries. As the gravitational radiation emanating from them will be monitored by the future LISA space mission, high-energy neutrino detections could be considered a contributor to multi-messenger astronomy.

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