RXTE observations of 3C 279 during a high-energy flare

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 306, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Lawson, A J ^a   McHardy, I M ^a   Marscher, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Quasars: individual: 3C 279; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; HARDENING; LIGHT; TIME MEASUREMENT;

E-FOLDING; ENERGY; EXPONENTIALS; FOLDING TIME; GALAXIES ACTIVE; QUASAR: INDIVIDUAL: 3C 279; QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL; TIME-SCALES; X RAY FLARES; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 0041144715     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02563.x     Document Type: Article

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