Abstract
Protons accelerated in the cores of active galactic nuclei can effectively produce neutrinos only if the soft radiation background in the core is sufficiently high. We find restrictions on the spectral properties and luminosity of blazars under which they can be strong neutrino sources. We analyze the possibility that the neutrino flux is highly beamed along the rotation axis of the central black hole. The enhancement of the neutrino flux compared to the GeV $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray flux from a given source makes the detection of neutrino point sources more probable. At the same time the smaller open angle reduces the number of possible neutrino-loud blazars compared to the number of $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray loud ones. We present a table of 15 blazars which are the most likely candidates for the detection by future neutrino telescopes.
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