Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-05-18
Astrophys.J.655:980-988,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/509818
We show that there is no universal law describing how the spectra and luminosity of synchrotron and inverse Compton radiation from relativistic jets change with increasing observation angle. Instead, the physics of particle acceleration leaves pronounced imprints in the observed spectra and allows for a freedom in numerous modifications of them. The impact of these effects is the largest for high-energy radiation and depends on the details of particle acceleration mechanism(s), what can be used to discriminate between different models. Generally, the beam patterns of relativistic jets in GeV-TeV spectral domain are much wider than the inverse Lorentz factor. The off-axis emission in this energy range appear to be brighter, have much harder spectra and a much higher cut-off frequency compared to the values derived from Doppler boosting considerations alone. The implications include the possibility to explain high-latitude unidentified EGRET sources as off-axis but otherwise typical relativistic-jet sources, such as blazars, and the prediction of GeV-TeV afterglow from transient jet sources, such as Gamma-Ray Bursts. We also discuss the phenomenon of beam-pattern broadening in application to neutrino emission.
Aharonian Felix A.
Derishev Evgeny V.
Kocharovsky Vl. V.
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