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The correlation of X-ray emission with strong millimeter activity in extragalactic sources
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The correlation of X-ray emission with strong millimeter activity in extragalactic sources

F. N Owen, D. J Helfand and S. R Spangler
The Astrophysical journal, Vol.250, p.L55
11/1981
DOI: 10.1086/183673

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Abstract

A sample of 25 strong extragalactic millimeter sources have been observed at about 1 keV with the Imaging Proportional Counter on the Einstein X-Ray Observatory and at 90 GHz with the NRAO 11 m telescope. A strong correlation between the millimeter and X-ray flux densities is found. This result is consistent with a synchronous self-Compton model in which the X-ray emission arises from the Compton scattering of millimeter radio photons off the relativistic electrons which created them.

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