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Radio Galaxies at VHE energies

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2018-11-19 v2

Abstract

Radio Galaxies have by now emerged as a new γ\gamma-ray emitting source class on the extragalactic sky. Given their remarkable observed characteristics, such as unusual gamma-ray spectra or ultrafast VHE variability, they represent unique examples to probe into the nature and physics of AGN in general. This review provides a compact summary of their observed characteristics at very high γ\gamma-ray energies (VHE; >100> 100 GeV) along with a discussion of their possible physics implications. A particular focus is given to a concise overview of fundamental concepts concerning the origin of variable VHE emission, including recent developments in black hole gap physics.

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@article{arxiv.1810.05409,
  title  = {Radio Galaxies at VHE energies},
  author = {Frank M. Rieger and Amir Levinson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.05409},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Invited review article, submitted to Galaxies; review, 21 pages, 14 figures; small typos corrected and references fixed to match accepted version