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Selected theoretical models of X-ray and γ-ray compact sources in which the available power is supplied to either thermal or nonthermal protons, and in which electron-positron pair production occurs are discussed. The pair production is due to electron and photon interactions in the ambient thermal electron plasma Coulomb-heated to a relativistic temperature and/or electromagnetic cascades initiated by decay of pions produced by energetic protons. The models assume either spherical or disk accretion onto a black hole or approximate the source as a one-zone region. The steady state pair abundance and instabilities related to pairs are discussed.
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Zdziarski, A.A. (1991). Electron-positron pair production in compact sources with energetic protons. In: Zdziarski, A.A., Sikora, M. (eds) Relativistic Hadrons in Cosmic Compact Objects. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 391. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54789-4_50
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