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| HAL : in2p3-00369630, version 1 |
| Code Bibliographique ADS : 2008AIPC.1085..545N |
| DOI : 10.1063/1.3076730 |
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| 4th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Heidelberg : Germany (2008) |
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| Constraints on masses and spins of black holes in blazars from fast TeV variability |
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| A. NeronovD.V. Semikoz1S. Sibiryakov2 |
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| We discuss a "compact source'' model of very high energy (VHE) emission from blazars in which the variability time is determined by the blazar central engine. In this model electron or proton acceleration close to the supermassive black hole is followed by the development of electromagnetic cascade in a radiatively inefficient accretion flow. Assuming such a model for the TeV blazar PKS 2155-304, we show that the variability properties of the TeV ?-ray signal observed during a bright flare from this source, such as the minimal variability time scale and the recurrence period of the sub-flares, constrain the mass and the angular momentum of the supermassive black hole. |
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| 1 : | APC - AstroParticule et Cosmologie |
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| 2 : | CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research |
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| APC - THEORIE |
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| Thème(s) | : | Physique/Astrophysique/Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie Planète et Univers/Astrophysique/Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie |
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| quasars – black holes – gamma-rays |
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| in2p3-00369630, version 1 | |
| http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00369630 | |
| oai:hal.in2p3.fr:in2p3-00369630 | |
| Contributeur : Simone Lantz | |
| Soumis le : Lundi 23 Mars 2009, 10:11:28 | |
| Dernière modification le : Samedi 30 Juin 2012, 13:58:43 | |
