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TeV blazars - Observations and models

Henric Krawczynski
(
- Washington U., St. Louis
)

Sep, 2003

8 pages

Published in:

New Astron.Rev. 48 (2004) 367-373

Contribution to:

2nd VERITAS Symposium on TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources

e-Print:

astro-ph/0309443 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1016/j.newar.2003.12.008

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Since the first TeV blazar Markarian (Mrk) 421 was detected in 1992, the number of established TeV gamma-ray emitting BL Lac objects has grown to 6, with redshifts ranging from 0.031 (Mrk 421) to 0.129 (H 1426+428). The intensive study of these sources has had a major impact on our understanding of the blazar phenomenon. The most notable observational results have been extremely fast large amplitude flux and spectral variability on hour time scales, and a pronounced X-ray - TeV gamma-ray flux correlation. In this paper we discuss recent observational results and report on progress in their theoretical interpretation.

talk: Chicago 2003/04/24
blazar
photon: cosmic radiation
cosmic radiation: particle source
galaxy
black hole
jet
cosmic radiation: energy spectrum
cosmic radiation: flux
cosmic radiation: acceleration

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