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A synchrotron self-Compton model with low energy electron cut-off for the blazar S5 0716+714
Olivia Tsang, J. G. Kirk
Rapid inverse Compton cooling sets in when the brightness temperature (T_B) of a self-absorbed synchrotron source with power-law electrons reaches ~10^{12} K. However, T_B inferred…
The inverse Compton catastrophe and high brightness temperature radio sources
Olivia Tsang, J. G. Kirk
The occurrence of the inverse Compton catastrophe when the synchrotron brightness temperature exceeds a threshold value, usually estimated to be 10^{12} K, appears to be in contrad…
The high-energy gamma-ray light curve of PSR B1259 -63
J. G. Kirk, Lewis Ball, S. Johnston
The high-energy gamma-ray light curve of the binary system PSR B1259 -63, is computed using the approach that successfully predicted the spectrum at periastron. The simultaneous IN…
Polarization of high-energy pulsar radiation in the striped wind model
J. Petri, J. Kirk
The Stokes parameters of the pulsed synchrotron radiation produced in the striped pulsar wind model are computed and compared with optical observations of the Crab pulsar. We assum…
Dissipation in Pulsar Winds
J. G. Kirk
I review the constraints placed on relativistic pulsar winds by comparing optical and X-ray images of the inner Crab Nebula on the one hand with two-dimensional MHD simulations on…
Modelling the TeV gamma-ray spectra of two low redshift AGNs: Mkn 501 and Mkn 421
Alexander K. Konopelko, Apostolos Mastichiadis, John G. Kirk +2
We discuss the results of modelling the TeV gamma-ray spectra of two AGNs, Mkn 501 and Mkn 421 that have almost the same redshifts: z=0.031 and z=0.034, respectively. The effect of…