A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Results of WEBT, VLBA and RXTE monitoring of 3C 279 during 2006-2007
Authors: Larionov VM, Jorstad SG, Marscher AP, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Agudo I, Aller MF, Arkharov AA, Asfandiyarov IM, Bach U, Bachev R, Berdyugin A, Bottcher M, Buemi CS, Calcidese P, Carosati D, Charlot P, Chen WP, Di Paola A, Dolci M, Dogru S, Doroshenko VT, Efimov YS, Erdem A, Frasca A, Fuhrmann L, Giommi P, Glowienka L, Gupta AC, Gurwell MA, Hagen-Thorn VA, Hsiao WS, Ibrahimov MA, Jordan B, Kamada M, Konstantinova TS, Kopatskaya EN, Kovalev YY, Kovalev YA, Kurtanidze OM, Lahteenmaki A, Lanteri L, Larionova LV, Leto P, Le Campion P, Lee CU, Lindfors E, Marilli E, McHardy I, Mingaliev MG, Nazarov SV, Nieppola E, Nilsson K, Ohlert J, Pasanen M, Porter D, Pursimo T, Ros JA, Sadakane K, Sadun AC, Sergeev SG, Smith N, Strigachev A, Sumitomo N, Takalo LO, Tanaka K, Trigilio C, Umana G, Ungerechts H, Volvach A, Yuan W
Publisher: EDP SCIENCES S A
Publication year: 2008
Journal name in source: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Journal acronym: ASTRON ASTROPHYS
Volume: 492
Issue: 2
First page : 389
Last page: 400
Number of pages: 12
ISSN: 0004-6361
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810937
Conclusions. The continuum spectrum agrees with steady injection of relativistic electrons with a power-law energy distribution of slope -3.2 that is steepened to -4.2 at high energies by radiative losses. The X- ray emission at flux minimum comes most likely from a new component that starts in an upstream section of the jet where inverse Compton scattering of seed photons from outside the jet is important. The rotation of the polarization vector implies that the jet contains a helical magnetic field that extends similar to 20 pc past the 43 GHz core.
