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Blazar spectral variability as explained by a twisted inhomogeneous jet

Blazars are active galactic nuclei, which are powerful sources of radiation whose central engine is located in the core of the host galaxy. Blazar emission is dominated by non-thermal radiation from a jet that moves relativistically towards us, and therefore undergoes Doppler beaming1. This beaming...

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Hauptverfasser: Raiteri, Claudia Maria (VerfasserIn) , Kurtanidze, Omar M. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal) Editorial
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 4 December 2017
In: Nature
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 552, Heft: 7685, Pages: 374-377
ISSN:1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/nature24623
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature24623
Verlag, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24623
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Verfasserangaben:C.M. Raiteri, M. Villata, J.A. Acosta-Pulido, I. Agudo, A.A. Arkharov, R. Bachev, G.V. Baida, E. Benítez, G.A. Borman, W. Boschin, V. Bozhilov, M.S. Butuzova, P. Calcidese, M.I. Carnerero, D. Carosati, C. Casadio, N. Castro-Segura, W.-P. Chen, G. Damljanovic, F. D’Ammando, A. Di Paola, J. Echevarría, N.V. Efimova, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, C. Espinosa, A. Fuentes, A. Giunta, J.L. Gómez, T.S. Grishina, M.A. Gurwell, D. Hiriart, H. Jermak, B. Jordan, S.G. Jorstad, M. Joshi, E.N. Kopatskaya, K. Kuratov, O.M. Kurtanidze, S.O. Kurtanidze, A. Lähteenmäki, V.M. Larionov, E.G. Larionova, L.V. Larionova, C. Lázaro, C.S. Lin, M.P. Malmrose, A.P. Marscher, K. Matsumoto, B. McBreen, R. Michel, B. Mihov, M. Minev, D.O. Mirzaqulov, A.A. Mokrushina, S.N. Molina, J.W. Moody, D.A. Morozova, S.V. Nazarov, M.G. Nikolashvili, J.M. Ohlert, D.N. Okhmat, E. Ovcharov, F. Pinna, T.A. Polakis, C. Protasio, T. Pursimo, F.J. Redondo-Lorenzo, N. Rizzi, G. Rodriguez-Coira, K. Sadakane, A.C. Sadun, M.R. Samal, S.S. Savchenko, E. Semkov, B.A. Skiff, L. Slavcheva-Mihova, P.S. Smith, I.A. Steele, A. Strigachev, J. Tammi, C. Thum, M. Tornikoski, Yu. V. Troitskaya, I.S. Troitsky, A.A. Vasilyev, O. Vince

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