Speaker
Prof.
Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
Description
Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) at mildly relativistic shocks
has been argued to be an efficient mechanism for the acceleration
of ultrarelativistic particles blazar jets. Here we present results
of coupled time-dependent simulations of diffusive shock acceleration
and production of synchrotron and Compton emission to model the expected
spectral variability signatures of shocks in blazar jets. Test cases
for both extreme HBLs and low-frequency peaked blazars are presented,
including predictions for multi-wavelength light curves, inter-band
cross-correlations and multi-wavelength spectral hysteresis.
Primary author
Prof.
Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
Co-author
Prof.
Matthew Baring
(Rice University)
