Radiation from relativistic jets in blazars and the efficient dissipation of their bulk energy via photon breeding

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 383, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1695-1712

  Stern, Boris E ^a,b,c   Poutanen, Juri ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; BL Lacertae objects: general; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: theory; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; COSMOLOGY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; GRAVITATION; LUMINANCE; POSITRONS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS: GENERAL; BLAZARS; ENERGY; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES JETS; GAMMA RAYS: THEORY; HIGHER ENERGY PHOTONS; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NONTHERMAL; RELATIVISTIC JETS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 38349016562     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12706.x     Document Type: Article

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