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Gamma-Ray Emission from Extragalactic Radio Sources: EGRET Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Peter F. Michelson
Peter F. Michelson*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Stanford University Stanford, Ca. 94305

Abstract

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The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory is an imaging high-energy telescope with sensitivity from approximately 20 MeV to 30 GeV. EGRET has observed more than 129 sources during more than 4 years of operation. Among these sources, 51 have been identified with active galaxies. A common characteristic of the AGN sources is that they are all radio-loud, flat radio spectrum sources. Many of them are seen as superluminal radio sources as well. The gamma-ray emission characteristics of these sources are reviewed and some of the proposed emission models are discussed.

Type
Relation between Radio and Other Wavelenghts
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 175: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1996 , pp. 277 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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