Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-07-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of the Frascati Workshop 2007 (Vulcano, May 28 - June 2, 2007)
Scientific paper
The blazars 3C 454.3, PKS 0537-441 and PKS 2155-304 are traditionally known to be among the most active sources of this class. They emit at all frequencies, up to the gamma-rays, and are good probes of multiwavelength nuclear variability. The first two have also luminous broad emission line regions. We have recently monitored them with various facilities, including Swift and INTEGRAL, and have interpreted their variations with models of non-thermal radiation from a relativistic jet. In particular, we have tested for the first two sources the hypothesis that the variability is produced within the jet through internal shocks, i.e. collisions of relativistic plasma blobs. This allows a parameterization of all physical quantities as functions of the bulk Lorentz factor. We have made the critical assumption that every flaring episode is characterized by a fixed amount of energy. The model reproduces brilliantly the multiwavelength data and especially the gamma-ray spectra, when available. The model is not applicable to PKS 2155-304, the variability of which is caused by independent variations of few individual parameters.
Foschini Luigi
Ghisellini Gabriele
Pian Elena
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