{"title":"Particle acceleration and energy spectra in extragalactic radiosources","authors":"A. Ferrari , D.B. Melrose","doi":"10.1016/S0083-6656(97)00016-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We discuss the mechanism of particle diffusive acceleration by shocks developed by non-linear fluid instabilities in collimated flows as the basis of a model to interpret the synchrotron brightness distribution and spectrum of extragalactic jets. Predictions for future VLBI observations are derived.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101275,"journal":{"name":"Vistas in Astronomy","volume":"41 2","pages":"Pages 259-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0083-6656(97)00016-0","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Vistas in Astronomy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0083665697000160","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We discuss the mechanism of particle diffusive acceleration by shocks developed by non-linear fluid instabilities in collimated flows as the basis of a model to interpret the synchrotron brightness distribution and spectrum of extragalactic jets. Predictions for future VLBI observations are derived.