Radiation fields of disk, BLR and torus in quasars and blazars: Implications for γ-ray absorption

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-393

  Donea, Alina C ^a   Protheroe, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accretion disk; AGN; Broad line region; Photon photon pair production; Torus; ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037232166     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00155-X     Document Type: Article

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