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Simulation of Shock-Shock interaction in parsec-scale jets

Christian M. Fromm·Manel Perucho·Eduardo Ros·Petar Mimica·Tuomas Savolainen·Andrei P. Lobanov·J. Anton Zensus
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The analysis of the radio light curves of the blazar CTA102 during its 2006 flare revealed a possible interaction between a standing shock wave and a traveling one. In order to better understand this highly non-linear process, we used a relativistic hydrodynamic code to simulate the high energy interaction and its related emission. The calculated synchrotron emission from these simulations showed an increase in turnover flux density, $S_{m}$, and turnover frequency, $ν_{m}$, during the interaction and decrease to its initial values after the passage of the traveling shock wave.

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Christian M. Fromm, Manel Perucho, Eduardo Ros, Petar Mimica, Tuomas Savolainen, Andrei P. Lobanov, J. Anton Zensus. 2011-11-21. Simulation of Shock-Shock interaction in parsec-scale jets. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2010194512004801

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