Time-dependent injection as a model for rapid blazar flares
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2016-09-16 v1
Abstract
Time-dependent injection can cause non-linear cooling effects, which lead to a faster energy loss of the electrons in jets. The most obvious result is the appearance of unique breaks in the SED, which would normally be attributed to a complicated electron distribution. The knowledge of the observation time and duration is important to interpret the observed spectra, because of the non-trivial evolution of the SED. Intrinsic gamma-gamma absorption processes in the emission region are only of minor importance.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1609.04583,
title = {Time-dependent injection as a model for rapid blazar flares},
author = {Michael Zacharias},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.04583},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
6 pages, proceeding of the 'Blazars through sharp multi-wavelength eyes' conference, to appear in a special issue of 'Galaxies', edited by J. L. G\'omez, A. P. Marscher, and S. G. Jorstad