The Gamma-Ray Properties of Radio-Selected Extragalactic Jets

Abstract

Most extragalactic jets in radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei are bright and variable gamma-ray sources, which are continuously monitored with Fermi/LAT. We present the gamma-ray properties of the MOJAVE and TANAMI AGN samples of radio-loud AGN. Both programs provide properties of the parsec-scale radio jets using Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) techniques. This information is important to understand the broad-band emission mechanism of these sources. In this work we compare the radio and gamma-ray properties of the two samples and present upper limits on the gamma-ray flux of the radio-brightest jet sources not yet detected by Fermi/LAT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA546397

Entities

People

  • Christina Mueller
  • Gino Tosti
  • J. Wilms
  • M. Boeck
  • M. Kadler
  • R. Ojha
  • T. H. Burnett

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bayesian Networks
  • Charged Particles
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Reduction
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Emission
  • Flux Density
  • Frequency
  • Gamma Rays
  • Information Operations
  • Interferometry
  • Line Of Sight
  • Observatories
  • Radio Frequency
  • Telescopes
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics