Klein-Nishina effects in the spectra of non-thermal sources immersed in external radiation fields

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 363, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 954-966

  Moderski, Rafal ^a   Sikora, Marek ^a   Coppi, Paolo S ^b,c,d   Aharonian, Felix ^c  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MHD; Quasars: general; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GAMMA RAYS; HARDENING; LUMINANCE; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMBIENTS; COMPTON; COMPTON COOLING; ENERGY; NONTHERMAL; QUASARS:GENERAL; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NONTHERMAL; SPECTRA'S; STEADY STATE; THERMAL SOURCE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 27344447883     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09494.x     Document Type: Article

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