Astr 501 | Lecture 37 | Fall 2018
Arthur Holly Compton
Astronomy 501
Lecture 37, December 7 Fall 2018

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Synchrotron Emission

Awesome Example: Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae

Compton Scattering

Compton Emission

  • cross section and energy transfer: ordinary kinematics
  • inverse Compton power: single electron
  • inverse Compton spectrum: single electron
  • power-law electron spectra

Awesome Example: Active Galaxies--Blazars

Blazars in the Fermi Sky

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