2002/07/08 by M. Ostrowski, Ł. Stawarz, Ostrowski, M. +2
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0207159
4 pages, 1 figure included. Proceedings of the Workshop `Blazar Astrophysics with BeppoSAX and other Observatories', Frascati, Dec. 2001
arxiv created 2002/07/08 · openalex publication_date 2002/07/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We discuss processes accelerating cosmic ray electrons at boundaries of relativistic jets. The resulting spectrum is expected to posses two characteristic components: a power-law distribution at lower energies and a harder high energy component preceding the high energy cut-off. An example of high energy spectrum from such electron distribution is presented, including the synchrotron and the inverse-Compton components. A characteristic feature of the synchrotron spectrum of such electrons is its highest frequency part which occurs above the power-law fitted to the low frequency spectral range.