HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION FROM ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

被引:43
作者
SIKORA, M
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO, JOINT INST LAB ASTROPHYS, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
[2] NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL, BOULDER, CO USA
关键词
GALAXIES; ACTIVE; NUCLEI; RADIATION MECHANISMS; NONTHERMAL;
D O I
10.1086/191926
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Two recent findings concerning high-energy radiation properties of active galactic nuclei-discovery of breaks in hard X-ray spectra of Seyfert galaxies, and discovery of huge fluxes of hard gamma rays from blazars-seem to press us to change our standard views about radiation production in these objects. I review briefly the existing radiation models, confront them with the newest observations, and discuss newly emerging theoretical pictures which attempt to account for the discoveries.
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页码:923 / 928
页数:6
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