Learning About Jets From Observations of Blazars

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Jets, paving their way outward through the inner regions of active nuclei, Compton-interact with the UV radiation from an accretion disc and broad emission line region. We calculate the predicted properties of the resulting spectral signatures of this bulk-Compton process, noting that they are independent on the fractional proton content or kinetic power of the jet, and use the presence or absence of such signatures to put constraints on the structure of jets near their bases.

Authors:: Sikora, Marek; /Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr.; Madejski, Greg; /SLAC

Publication Date:: Wed May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2007

Research Org.:: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 908219

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-12537
astro-ph/0211587; TRN: US0703652

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Journal Name: Submitted to ASP Conf.Ser.; Conference: To appear in the proceedings of Active Galactic Nuclei: From Central Engine to Host Galaxy, Meudon, France, 23-27 Jul 2002

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; KINETICS; LEARNING; NUCLEI; PROTONS; RADIATIONS; GALAXY NUCLEI; GALAXIES; STARS; Astrophysics,ASTRO

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                    Sikora, Marek, /Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr., Madejski, Greg, and /SLAC. Learning About Jets From Observations of Blazars.  United States: N. p., 2007. 
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                    Sikora, Marek, /Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr., Madejski, Greg, & /SLAC. Learning About Jets From Observations of Blazars.  United States.

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                    Sikora, Marek, /Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr., Madejski, Greg, and /SLAC. Wed .  
        "Learning About Jets From Observations of Blazars".  United States.  
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  abstractNote = {Jets, paving their way outward through the inner regions of active nuclei, Compton-interact with the UV radiation from an accretion disc and broad emission line region. We calculate the predicted properties of the resulting spectral signatures of this bulk-Compton process, noting that they are independent on the fractional proton content or kinetic power of the jet, and use the presence or absence of such signatures to put constraints on the structure of jets near their bases.},

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