High-energy emission from off-axis relativistic jets.pdfVIP

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 0 5 0 1 1 9 7 v 1 1 1 J a n 2 0 0 5 High-energy emission from off-axis relativistic jets E.V. Derishev ? , F.A. Aharonian ? and Vl.V. Kocharovsky ? ? Institute of Applied Physics, 46 Ulyanov st., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia ? Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Abstract. We analyze how the spectrum of synchrotron and inverse Compton radiation from a narrow rela- tivistic jet changes with the observation angle. It is shown that diversity of acceleration mechanisms (in particular, taking the converter mechanism