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Time-dependent injection as a model for rapid blazar flares

Michael Zacharias

Published 2016-09-15Version 1

Time-dependent injection can cause non-linear cooling effects, which lead to a faster energy loss of the electrons in jets. The most obvious result is the appearance of unique breaks in the SED, which would normally be attributed to a complicated electron distribution. The knowledge of the observation time and duration is important to interpret the observed spectra, because of the non-trivial evolution of the SED. Intrinsic gamma-gamma absorption processes in the emission region are only of minor importance.

Comments: 6 pages, proceeding of the 'Blazars through sharp multi-wavelength eyes' conference, to appear in a special issue of 'Galaxies', edited by J. L. G\'omez, A. P. Marscher, and S. G. Jorstad
Categories: astro-ph.HE
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