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Apr 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984stin...8424512h&link_type=abstract
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Bl Lacertae Objects, Brightness Distribution, Compton Effect, Photoionization, Quasars, Radio Bursts, Radio Emission, Relativistic Electron Beams, Stellar Luminosity, Synchrotron Radiation, Variability, X Ray Spectra, Doppler Effect, Flux Density, Heao 2, Light (Visible Radiation), Line Of Sight, Magnetic Fields, Photon-Electron Interaction, Photons, Radio Galaxies, Ratios, Red Shift, Temperature Effects
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A sample consisting primarily of radio bright quasars was observed in X-rays with the Einstein Observatory for times ranging from 1500 to 5000 seconds. Detected sources had luminosities ranging from 0.2 to 41.0 x 10 to the 45th power ergs/sec in the 0.5 to 4.5 keV band. Three of the fourteen objects which were reobserved showed flux increases greater than a factor of two on a time scale greater than six months. No variability was detected during the individual observations. The optical and X-ray luminosities are correlated, which suggests a common origin. However, the relationship (Lx is approximately Lop to the (.89 + or - .15)) found for historic radio variables may be significantly different than that reported for other radio bright sources. Some of the observed X-ray fluxes were substantially below the predicted self-Compton flux, assuming incoherent synchrotron emission and using VLBI results to constrain the size of the emission region, which suggests relativistic expansion in these sources. Normal CIV emission in two of the sources with an overpredicted Compton component suggests that although they, like BL Lac objects, have highly relativistic material apparently moving at small angle to the line of sight, they have a smaller fraction of the continuum component in the beam.
Henriksen Mark J.
Marshall Francis E.
Mushotzky Richard F.
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