{
  "id": "1502.03950",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-02-13T11:39:28.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-02-13T11:39:28.000Z",
  "title": "Time Dependent Hadronic Modeling of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars",
  "authors": [
    "Christopher Diltz",
    "Markus Boettcher",
    "Giovanni Fossati"
  ],
  "comment": "Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "We introduce a new time-dependent lepto-hadronic model for blazar emission that takes into account the radiation emitted by secondary particles, such as pions and muons, from photo hadronic interactions. Starting from a baseline parameter set guided by a fit to the spectral energy distribution of the blazar 3C 279, we perform a parameter study to investigate the effects of perturbations of the input parameters to mimic different flaring events to study the resulting lightcurves in the optical, X-ray, high energy (HE: E > 100 MeV) and very-high-energy (VHE: E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays as well as the neutrino emission associated with charged-pion and muon decay. We find that flaring events from an increase in the efficiency of Fermi II acceleration will produce a positive correlation between all bandpasses and a marked plateau in the HE gamma-ray lightcurve. We also predict a distinctive dip in the HE lightcurve for perturbations caused by a change in the proton injection spectral index. These plateaus / dips could be a tell tale signature of hadronic models for perturbations that lead to more efficient acceleration of high energy protons in parameter regimes where pion and muon synchrotron emission is non-negligible.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-02-13T11:39:28.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "flat spectrum radio quasars",
      "time dependent hadronic modeling",
      "proton injection spectral index",
      "high energy",
      "photo hadronic interactions"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/133"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1344756
    }
  }
}