dc.contributor.author | Dreyer, Lenté | |
dc.contributor.author | Böttcher, Markus | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-10T12:10:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-10T12:10:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dreyer, L. & Böttcher, M. 2018. Exploiting high-energy polarization in blazars. High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa (HEASA2018), 1-3 Aug, Parys, South Africa. Proceedings of science, 338: Article no 25. [https://doi.org/10.22323/1.338.0025] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1824-8039 (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/33299 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://pos.sissa.it/338/025/pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.22323/1.338.0025 | |
dc.description.abstract | The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and variability of astrophysical sources can be modeled in many different ways, in particular, the production of X-rays and γ-rays in the SEDs of blazars. High-energy polarimetry can probe the most active jet regions with the most efficient particle accelerations, and thus serve as a powerful tool to distinguish between models. We summarize the scientific potential and model predictions for high-energy polarization of blazar jets. The advantages of using Monte Carlo methods to study high-energy polarization from anisotropic Compton scattering, by thermal and non-thermal particles, will be discussed. This will reinforce the use of measurements of polarization signatures to suggest observational strategies in future projects and to use polarization as a diagnostic to distinguish between leptonic and hadronic high-energy emission from blazars | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sissa Medialab | en_US |
dc.title | Exploiting high-energy polarization in blazars | en_US |
dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 22187405 - Dreyer, Lenté | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 24420530 - Böttcher, Markus | |