Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-11-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the MNRAS. v2: Updated the references
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14270.x
Observations of minute-scale flares in TeV Blazars place constraints on particle acceleration mechanisms in those objects. The implications for a variety of radiation mechanisms have been addressed in the literature; in this paper we compare four different acceleration mechanisms: diffusive shock acceleration, second-order Fermi, shear acceleration and the converter mechanism. When the acceleration timescales and radiative losses are taken into account, we can exclude shear acceleration and the neutron-based converted mechanism as possible acceleration processes in these systems. The first-order Fermi process and the converter mechanism working via SSC photons are still practically instantaneous, however, provided sufficient turbulence is generated on the timescale of seconds. We propose stochastic acceleration as a promising candidate for the energy-dependent time delays in recent gamma-ray flares of Markarian 501.
Duffy Peter
Tammi Joni
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