GeV breaks in blazars as a result of gamma-ray absorption within the broad-line region

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 717, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; galaxies: active; galaxies: jets; gamma rays: general; radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953992853     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/717/2/L118     Document Type: Article

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