A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Very high energy gamma-rays from flat spectrum radio quasars
Authors: Lindfors Elina
Editors: Massaro F, Cheung CC, Lopez ED, Siemiginowska A
Conference name: Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union
Publication year: 2015
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Book title : Extragalactic jets from every angle
Journal name in source: EXTRAGALACTIC JETS FROM EVERY ANGLE
Journal acronym: IAU SYMP P SERIES
Series title: IAU Symposium Proceedings Series
Volume: 10
Issue: 313
First page : 27
Last page: 32
Number of pages: 6
ISBN: 978-1-10707-874-1
ISSN: 1743-9213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921315001817
Abstract
The detection of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) in the Very High Energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) range is challenging, mainly because of their steep soft spectra and distance. Nevertheless four FSRQs are now known to be VHE emitters. The detection of the VHE gamma-rays has challenged the emission models of these sources. The sources are also found to exhibit very different behavior. I will give an overview of what is known about the VHE emission of these sources and about the multiwavelength signatures that are connected to the VHE gamma-ray emission.
The detection of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) in the Very High Energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) range is challenging, mainly because of their steep soft spectra and distance. Nevertheless four FSRQs are now known to be VHE emitters. The detection of the VHE gamma-rays has challenged the emission models of these sources. The sources are also found to exhibit very different behavior. I will give an overview of what is known about the VHE emission of these sources and about the multiwavelength signatures that are connected to the VHE gamma-ray emission.
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