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High-energy gamma radiation from extragalactic radio sourcesWe propose that the important relationship between 3C 273 and 3C 279, the first two extragalactic sources detected at over 100 MeV energies, is their superluminal nature. In support of this conjecture, we propose a kinematic focusing mechanism, based on Compton scattering of accretion-disk photons by relativistic nonthermal electrons in the jet, that preferentially emits gamma rays in the superluminal direction.
Document ID
19930058495
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dermer, C. D.
(Rice Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Schlickeiser, R.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Radioastronomie Bonn, Germany)
Mastichiadis, A.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Kernphysik Heidelberg, Germany)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume: 256
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0004-6361
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Accession Number
93A42492
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1547
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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