Rapid synchrotron flares from BL Lacertae detected by ASCA and RXTE

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 543, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 124-130

  Tanihata, Chiharu ^a,b   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a,b   Kataoka, Jun ^a,b   Madejski, Greg M ^c,d   Inoue, Susumu ^e   Kubo, Hidetoshi ^f   Makino, Fumiyoshi ^g   Mattox, John R ^h   Kawai, Nobuyuki ⁱ  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^h Boston University   (United States)

ⁱ INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual (BL Lacertae); Galaxies: active; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311597     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317086     Document Type: Article

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