The blazar sequence: Validity and predictions

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 309, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Padovani, Paolo ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blazars; Emission processes; Jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547340390     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9455-2     Document Type: Article

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