Nonthermal radiation from jets of active galactic nuclei: Electrostatic bremsstrahlung as alternative to synchrotron radiation
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031103