1998/12/08 by G. Fossati, Fossati, G.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9812158
4 pages, LaTeX (uses paspconf.sty), 3 PostScript figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the "BL Lac Phenomenon" Meeting, held in Turku, Finland, 1998 June 22-26, ed. Leo Takalo
arxiv created 1998/12/08 · openalex publication_date 1998/12/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a new physical model for the unification of all Blazars. The blazar phenomenology can be accounted for by a sequence in the source power and intensity of the diffuse radiation field surrounding the relativistic jet. This regulates the equilibrium electron distribution and hence the shape of the spectral energy distribution (SED), and in turn the classification into a blazar "flavour". The processes inside and beside the emitting jet are the same throughout the blazar class. Objects along this sequence would be observationally classified as High-frequency-peaked BL Lac objects (HBL), Low-frequency BL Lac objects (LBL), Highly Polarized Quasars (HPQ) and Lowly Polarized Quasars (LPQ).