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Testing the inverse-Compton catastrophe scenario in the intra-day variable blazar S5 0716+71
- Source :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics; June 2006, Vol. 451 Issue: 3 p797-807, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Context.Some intra-day variable, compact extra-galactic radio sources show brightness temperatures severely exceeding 1012K, the limit set by catastrophic inverse-Compton (IC) cooling in sources of incoherent synchrotron radiation. The violation of the IC limit, actually possible under non-stationary conditions, would lead to IC avalanches in the soft-γ-ray energy band during transient periods.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00046361 and 14320746
- Volume :
- 451
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs53177324
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054075