Variable VHE gamma-ray emission from non-blazar AGNs

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rieger, F M ^a,b   Aharonian, F A ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual: M 87; Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: theory; Radiation mechanism: non thermal

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; LORENTZ FORCE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGNS); BLACK HOLE SYSTEMS; LORENTZ FACTOR; VERY HIGH ENERGY (VHE);

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 38849154193     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078706     Document Type: Article

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