Catching the radio flare in CTA 102: I. Light curve analysis

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 531, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fromm, C M ^a   Perucho, M ^b   Ros, E ^a,b   Savolainen, T ^a   Lobanov, A P ^a   Zensus, J A ^a   Aller, M F ^c   Aller, H D ^c   Gurwell, M A ^d   Lahteenmaki A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Quasars: individual: CTA 102; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL DATA; DETAILED MODELING; DISTRIBUTION OF EMISSIONS; DOPPLER; DOUBLE PEAK STRUCTURE; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FLUX DENSITIES; GALAXIES : ACTIVE; GALAXIES:JETS; GEOMETRICAL CHANGES; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; LIGHT CURVES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI FREQUENCY; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL; SHOCK-IN-JET MODELS; SHOCK-SHOCK INTERACTIONS; SPECTRAL EVOLUTION; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; VIEWING ANGLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MODELS;

EID: 79959528260     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116857     Document Type: Article

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