Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980a%26a....87..192p&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 87, no. 1-2, July 1980, p. 192-195.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Compton Effect, Emission Spectra, Energy Spectra, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Ray Spectra, Seyfert Galaxies, Electromagnetic Spectra, Electron Decay Rate, Infrared Astronomy, X Ray Sources
Scientific paper
It is shown that electron lifetimes against Compton losses in NGC 4151 are 2-3 weeks and thus sufficiently large to allow burst-like injection of electrons. Electron pile-up permits to explain the observed gamma-ray spectrum and cut-off very accurately. The total energy content of the burst must then have been of the order of 10 to the 51st erg. If this model is correct, the gamma-ray spectrum must be highly time variable.
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