Variability, Power, and Pair Content of AGN Jets

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1997-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9708261v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

TeX, 1 figure (included), using macros lecproc.sty and epsf.sty (also included); to appear in Proceedings of the Conference "R

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Simultaneous observations of blazars in different spectral regimes imply that the amplitude of variability depends on the observational band. Both in the low energy spectral component and in the high energy spectral component, the amplitude increases with the photon energy. We show that such behavior can be explained in terms of a two-component model, where the spectra observed during flares are superpositions of spectra arising from at least two distinct, spatially separated sources. Using the two-component model for blazar variability we derive constraints on jet physics in quasars. Particularly, we demonstrate that if production of X-rays during rapid flares is dominated by Comptonization of external radiation, then the upper limits for the total power of jets imply that the jet plasma is strongly dominated by pairs.

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