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| Type: | Journal article |
| Title: | Gamma-rays from interactions of stars with active galactic nucleus jets |
| Author: | Bednarek, W. Protheroe, R. |
| Citation: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1997; 287(3):L9-L13 |
| Publisher: | BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| ISSN: | 0035-8711 1365-2966 |
| Abstract: | We have developed a model for gamma-ray emission in jets of active galactic nuclei in which particle acceleration takes place at a shock in the relativistic jet plasma due to a massive star in the central region of the host galaxy moving through the jet. The gamma-rays are produced in a pair-Compton cascade in the radiation field of the star initiated by accelerated electrons. Our model may account for the observed GeV to TeV gamma-ray spectrum and variability of Markarian 421 and other blazars detected by the EGRET instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. © 1997 RAS. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/287.3.l9 |
| Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/287.3.l9 |
| Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Physics publications |
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