Gamma-ray flares from red giant/jet interactions in active galactic nuclei

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 724, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1517-1523

  Barkov, Maxim V ^a,b   Aharonian, Felix A ^a,c   Bosch Ramon, Valentí ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: galaxies; Hydrodynamics; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal; Stars: flare

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650087864     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/724/2/1517     Document Type: Article

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