EGRET observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from blazars: An update

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作者
Mukherjee, R
Bertsch, DL
Bloom, SD
Dingus, BL
Esposito, JA
Fichtel, CE
Hartman, RC
Hunter, SD
Kanbach, G
Kniffen, DA
Lin, YC
MayerHasselwander, HA
McDonald, LM
Michelson, PF
vonMontigny, C
Mucke, A
Nolan, PL
Pohl, M
Reimer, O
Schneid, E
Sreekumar, P
Thompson, DJ
机构
[1] UNIV SPACE RES ASSOC,COLUMBIA,MD
[2] MCGILL UNIV,DEPT PHYS,MONTREAL,PQ H3A 2T8,CANADA
[3] UNIV UTAH,DEPT PHYS,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84112
[4] MAX PLANCK INST EXTRATERR PHYS,D-85748 GARCHING,GERMANY
[5] HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLL,HAMPDEN SYDNEY,VA 23943
[6] STANFORD UNIV,WW HANSEN EXPT PHYS LAB,STANFORD,CA 94305
[7] HUGHES STX,LANHAM,MD
[8] LANDESSTERNWARTE KONIGSTUHL,D-69117 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
[9] NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP,BETHPAGE,NY 11714
关键词
galaxies; active; gamma rays; observations; quasars; general;
D O I
10.1086/304851
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) has so far detected 51 blazars during phases 1, 2, and 3, and cycle 4 of the CGRO mission. We present here a summary of these observations, including flux variations and spectra of the blazars. The high luminosities and time variations seen in the gamma-ray data indicate that gamma rays are an important component of the relativistic jet thought to characterize blazars.
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