Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-04-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
6 pages, 3 figures. Accepted to the Proceedings of the 25th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (Heidelberg, 2010)
Scientific paper
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are known to show significant variability over a wide frequency range. We review observational results on the variability characteristics of blazars in the very high energy (VHE) domain, focusing on recent findings of rapid VHE variability and evidence for an underlying multiplicative driving process in PKS 2155-304. We explore a physical scenario where the variability is assumed to arise due to accretion disk fluctuations transmitted to the jet, and discuss its implications for the central powerhouse.
Rieger Frank M.
Volpe Francesca
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