Bibcode
Pérez-Fournon, I.; Biermann, P.
Bibliographical reference
Quasars; Proceedings of the IAU Symposium, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2-6, 1985. Edited by Govind Swarup and V. K. Kapahi. Symposium sponsored by IAU, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Department of Science and Technology of India, et al. Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co. (IAU Symposium, No. 119), 1986., p.405
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1986
Citations
2
Refereed citations
2
Description
First order Fermi acceleration is an efficient mechanism to produce
relativistic particles in strong astrophysical shocks. The authors have
developed a model using this theory to explain the non-thermal emission
from non-relativistic jets in quasars and AGNs.