Testing one-zone synchrotron-self-Compton models with spectral energy distributions of Mrk 421

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 463; no. 4; pp. 4481 - 4489
• Main Authors: Zhu, Qianqian, Yan, Dahai, Zhang, Pengfei, Yin, Qian-Qing, Zhang, Li, Zhang, Shuang-Nan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Oxford University Press 21.12.2016
• Subjects: Astronomy; Doppler effect; Electron energy distribution; Flares; Markov analysis; Mathematical models; Monte Carlo methods; Monte Carlo simulation; Parabolas; Parameters; Spectral energy distribution; Spectrum analysis; Symbols

We test one-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) models with high-quality multiwavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) data of Mrk 421. We use Markov chain Monte Carlo technique to fit 12 day-scale SEDs of Mrk 421 with one-zone SSC models. Three types of electron energy distribution (EED), a lo...