Predictions of ECS and SSC models for flux-limited samples of gamma-ray blazars

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Jun 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aph....11...65l&link_type=abstract

Astroparticle Physics, Volume 11, Issue 1-2, p. 65-67.

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The external Compton scattering (ECS) and synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) models make distinct predictions for the amount of Doppler boosting of high-energy gamma-rays emitted by blazars. We examine how these differences affect the predicted properties of AGN samples selected on the basis of gamma-ray emission. We create simulated flux-limited samples based on the ECS and SSC models, and compare their properties to those of identified EGRET blazars. We find that for small gamma-ray-selected samples, the two models make very similar predictions, and cannot be reliably distinguished. This is primarily due to the fact that not only the Doppler factor, but also the cosmological distance and intrinsic luminosity play a role in determining whether an AGN is included in a flux-limited gamma-ray sample.

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