Leptonic Jet Models of Blazars: Broadband Spectra and Spectral Variability
Abstract
The current status of leptonic jet models for gamma-ray blazars is reviewed. Differences between the quasar and BL-Lac subclasses of blazars may be understood in terms of the dominance of different radiation mechanisms in the gamma-ray regime. Spectral variability patterns of different blazar subclasses appear to be significantly different and require different intrinsic mechanisms causing gamma-ray flares. As examples, recent results of long-term multiwavelength monitoring of PKS 0528+134 and Mrk 501 are interpreted in the framework of leptonic jet models. A simple quasi-analytic toy model for broadband spectral variability of blazars is presented.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9909179,
title = {Leptonic Jet Models of Blazars: Broadband Spectra and Spectral Variability},
author = {M. Boettcher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9909179},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Invited Review at Workshop on GeV - TeV Astrophysics, Snowbird, Utah, Aug. 13 - 16, 1999. 10 pages; uses epsf.sty, rotate.sty, aipproc.sty