Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984a%26a...136..227s&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 136, no. 2, July 1984, p. 227-236.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
104
Nonthermal Radiation, Particle Acceleration, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Relativistic Electron Beams, Shock Waves, Bl Lacertae Objects, Infrared Spectra, Quasars
Scientific paper
The behavior of energetic particles in a tenuous and turbulent plasma in a magnetic field is investigated theoretically, taking Fermi acceleration at shock waves, second-order Fermi acceleration by moving magnetized elements of the fluid, synchrotron and inverse-Compton emissions, and particle escape into account. An evolutionary model for the momentum spectra of relativistic electrons is developed, characterized in detail, and used to explain the abrupt cutoffs observed in the optical and IR spectra of nonthermal variable compact sources such as AO 0235 + 164 and QSO 1413 + 135.
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