Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-09-16
Astrophys.J. 473 (1996) L75-L78
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, no figures, AAS Latex, submitted to Ap.J. Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/310407
We suggest that low-redshift XBLs (X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects) may be the only extragalactic gamma-ray sources observable at TeV energies. We use simple physical considerations involving synchrotron and Compton component spectra for blazars to suggest why the observed TeV sources are XBLs, whereas mostly RBLs and FSRQs are seen at GeV energies. These considerations indicate that the differences between XBLs and RBLs cannot be explained purely as relativistic jet orientation effects. We note that the only extragalactic TeV sources which have been observed are XBLs and that a nearby RBL with a very hard spectrum in the GeV range has not been seen at TeV energies. We also note that of the 14 BL Lacs observed by EGRET, 12 are RBLs, whereas only 2 are XBLs. We give a list of nearby XBLs which we consider to be good candidate TeV sources and predict estimated TeV fluxes for these objects.
de Jager Ocker C.
Salamon Michael H.
Stecker Floyd W.
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