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Collimation and polarization of radiation through scattering by jets

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When radiation from an underlying accretion flow is Compton scattered by a relativistic jet, the resulting beamed radiation can be highly polarized. We consider this as the mechanism for producing the infrared, optical, ultraviolet and possibly X-ray continuum of blazars during their quiescent states.

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  1. N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Bartycka 18, 00-716, Warszawa, Poland

    Marek Sikora & Magda Zbyszewska

  2. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, 80309-0440, Boulder, CO, USA

    Mitchell C. Begelman

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  1. Marek Sikora
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L. Maraschi T. Maccacaro M. -H. Ulrich

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Sikora, M., Zbyszewska, M., Begelman, M.C. (1989). Collimation and polarization of radiation through scattering by jets. In: Maraschi, L., Maccacaro, T., Ulrich, M.H. (eds) BL Lac Objects. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 334. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0031185

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