Blazars

Abstract

In our review of the blazar phenomenon, we discuss blazar models, with a focus on the following issues: sub-parsec jets and their environment; energy dissipation and particle acceleration; and radiative processes.

Invited talk at "International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy", Heidelberg, Eds. F. Aharonian and H. Voelk, 2001, AIP, in press

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