Bepposax observations of unprecedented synchrotron activity in the BL Lacertae object Markarian 501

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 492, Issue 1 PART II, 1998, Pages

  Pian, Elena ^a,b   Vacanti, Giuseppe ^c   Tagliaferri, Gianpiero ^d   Ghisellini, Gabriele ^d   Maraschi, Laura ^d   Treves, Aldo ^e   Urry, C Megan ^a   Fiore, Fabrizio ^f   Giommi, Paolo ^f   Palazzi, Eliana ^b   Chiappetti, Lucio ^b   Sambruna, Rita M ^g  

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f SAX/SDC   (Italy)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual (Markarian 501); Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944437995     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/311083     Document Type: Article

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