Formation of hard very high energy gamma-ray spectra of blazars due to internal photon-photon absorption

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1206-1214

  Aharonian, Felix A ^a,b   Khangulyan, D ^b   Costamante, L ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Diffuse radiation; Gamma rays: observations; Gamma rays: theory

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COSMIC RAYS; GAMMA RAY PRODUCTION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

'CURRENT; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS: GENERAL; BLAZARS; DIFFUSE RADIATION; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT; GAMMA RAYS: THEORY; GAMMA-RAYS; GAMMA-RAYS:OBSERVATIONS; PHOTONS ABSORPTION; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 45249084752     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13315.x     Document Type: Article

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