Kavli Affiliate: Grzegorz Madejski | Summary:Most of the light from blazars, active galactic nuclei with jets of magnetized plasma that point nearly along the line of sight, is produced by high-energy particles, up to $sim 1$ TeV. Although the jets are known to be ultimately powered by a supermassive black hole, how the particles are […]
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