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The X-ray Spectral Properties for Gamma-ray Loud Blazars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Ben-Zhong Dai*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China

Abstract

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We selected a sample of bright γ-ray (E>100 MeV) blazars whose X-rays in 0.1–10.0 keV band are observed by ROSAT and other X-ray satellites, and make a detailed spectral analysis between the soft (0.1–2.0 keV) and hard band (2.0–10.0keV) as well as between X-ray and γ-ray properties using both un-weighted and weighted analysis methods. Our results indicate: (i) there are significant anti-correlations of the spectral indices between soft X-rays and γ-rays, and between hard X-ray and γ-ray of flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and BL Lac objects; (ii) in the X-ray band, the correlation is confusing, there is positive correlation of the spectral indices between soft and hard X-ray band using weighted correlation analysis, but this correlation is negative using un-weighted correlation analysis.

Type
Part 8 Active Galaxies and their Nuclei
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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