Speaker
Xavier Rodrigues
(European Southern Observatory)
Description
I present the results of cosmic ray interaction models applied to an unprecedentedly large sample of blazar AGN. The modeling was performed using an efficient, self-consistent and time-dependent numerical framework newly published as open-source software. I show that for a large number of sources, the X-ray and very-high-energy gamma-ray fluxes can be explained by cascades triggered by cosmic ray proton interactions in the jet. I briefly discuss the implications of these results for future multi-messenger searches and for understanding the role of blazars as IceCube sources.
Primary author
Xavier Rodrigues
(European Southern Observatory)
