Multiwavelength Variability of the Synchrotron Self-Compton Model for Blazar Emission

摘要

The relative amplitudes of the correlated fluctuations in the radio-millimeter and X-ray fluxes from 3C 279 are consistent with the synchrotron self-Compton model if _T varies in a fixed magnetic field and induced Compton scattering is the dominant source of radio opacity. The variation amplitudes are too small to be produced by the passage of a shock through the synchrotron emission region unless the magnetic field is perpendicular to the shock front.