Soft X-ray precursors of the nonthermal flares in blazars: Theoretical predictions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 611, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 770-779

  Moderski, Rafał ^a   Sikora, Marek ^a,b   Madejski, Greg M ^b,c   Kamae, Tuneyoshi ^b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: theory; Quasars: general; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044271847     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422381     Document Type: Article

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