Scientific Seminars

Very High Energy Gamma-Rays from Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars

E. Lindfors
Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), Turku, Finland

2014-02-04    11.00    Merate - Biblioteca

The detection of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) in the Very High Energy (VHE, E$>$100 GeV) range is challenging, mainly because of their steep soft spectra. Nevertheless three FSRQs are now known to be VHE emitters. The detection of the VHE $\gamma$-rays has challenged the emission models of these sources. The three sources are also found to exhibit very different behavior. I will give an overview of what is known about the VHE emission of these sources, about the multiwavelength signatures that are connected to the VHE $\gamma$-ray emission, and present the prospects and suggestions for observational strategy of FSRQs with the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array.