1. Testing the inverse-Compton catastrophe scenario in the intra-day variable blazar S5 0716+71
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Ostorero, L., Wagner, S. J., Gracia, J., Ferrero, E., Krichbaum, T. P., Britzen, S., Witzel, A., Nilsson, K., Villata, M., Bach, U., Barnaby, D., Bernhart, S., Carini, M. T., Chen, C. W., Chen, W. P., Ciprini, S., Crapanzano, S., Doroshenko, V., Efimova, N. V., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Fuhrmann, L., Gabanyi, K., Giltinan, A., Hagen-Thorn, V., Hauser, M., Heidt, J., Hojaev, A. S., Hovatta, T., Hroch, F., Ibrahimov, M., Impellizzeri, V., Ivanidze, R. Z., Kachel, D., Kraus, A., Kurtanidze, O., Lähteenmäki, A., Lanteri, L., Larionov, V. M., Lin, Z. Y., Lindfors, E., Munz, F., Nikolashvili, M. G., Nucciarelli, G., O'Connor, A., Ohlert, J., Pasanen, M., Pullen, C., Raiteri, C. M., Rector, T. A., Robb, R., Sigua, L. A., Sillanpää, A., Sixtova, L., Smith, N., Strub, P., Takahashi, S., Takalo, L. O., Tapken, C., Tartar, J., Tornikoski, M., Tosti, G., Tröller, M., Walters, R., Wilking, B. A., Wills, W., Agudo, I., Aller, H. D., Aller, M. F., Angelakis, E., Klare, J., Körding, E., Strom, R. G., Teräsranta, H., Ungerechts, H., Vila-Vilaró, B., Ostorero, L., Wagner, S. J., Gracia, J., Ferrero, E., Krichbaum, T. P., Britzen, S., Witzel, A., Nilsson, K., Villata, M., Bach, U., Barnaby, D., Bernhart, S., Carini, M. T., Chen, C. W., Chen, W. P., Ciprini, S., Crapanzano, S., Doroshenko, V., Efimova, N. V., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Fuhrmann, L., Gabanyi, K., Giltinan, A., Hagen-Thorn, V., Hauser, M., Heidt, J., Hojaev, A. S., Hovatta, T., Hroch, F., Ibrahimov, M., Impellizzeri, V., Ivanidze, R. Z., Kachel, D., Kraus, A., Kurtanidze, O., Lähteenmäki, A., Lanteri, L., Larionov, V. M., Lin, Z. Y., Lindfors, E., Munz, F., Nikolashvili, M. G., Nucciarelli, G., O'Connor, A., Ohlert, J., Pasanen, M., Pullen, C., Raiteri, C. M., Rector, T. A., Robb, R., Sigua, L. A., Sillanpää, A., Sixtova, L., Smith, N., Strub, P., Takahashi, S., Takalo, L. O., Tapken, C., Tartar, J., Tornikoski, M., Tosti, G., Tröller, M., Walters, R., Wilking, B. A., Wills, W., Agudo, I., Aller, H. D., Aller, M. F., Angelakis, E., Klare, J., Körding, E., Strom, R. G., Teräsranta, H., Ungerechts, H., and Vila-Vilaró, B.
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Context.Some intra-day variable, compact extra-galactic radio sources show brightness temperatures severely exceeding 1012K, the limit set by catastrophic inverse-Compton (IC) cooling in sources of incoherent synchrotron radiation. The violation of the IC limit, actually possible under non-stationary conditions, would lead to IC avalanches in the soft-γ-ray energy band during transient periods.
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- 2006
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