Blazar flare data show energy-dependent lags and correlated variability between optical/X-ray and GeV-Tev energies, and follow characteristic trajectories when plotted in the spectral-index/flux plane. This behavior is qualitatively explained if nonthermal electrons are injected over a finite time interval in the comoving plasma frame and cool by radiative processes. Numerical results are presented which show the importance of the effects of synchrotron self-Compton cooling and plasmoid deceleration. The use of INTEGRAL to advance the understanding of these systems is discussed.
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Blazar flare data show energy-dependent lags and correlated variability between optical/X-ray and GeV-Tev energies, and follow characteristic trajectories when plotted in the spectral-index/flux plane. This behavior is qualitatively explained if nonthermal electrons are injected over a finite time interval in the comoving plasma frame and cool by radiative processes. Numerical results are presented which show the importance of the effects of synchrotron self-Compton cooling and plasmoid deceleration. The use of INTEGRAL to advance the understanding of these systems is discussed.
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Dermer, C.D.; Li, H. & Chiang, J.Correlated Spectral and Temporal Variability in the High-Energy Emission from Blazars,
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