Abstract

We study the Doppler factors for a group blazars at soft X-ray band. In our estimates, we have made the assumptions that (i) blazars can be divided into high-energy-peaked (HEP) objects whose synchrotron peak frequencies νp > 1014.7 Hz , and the low-energy-peaked (LEP) objects whose synchrotron peak frequencies νp≤1014.7 Hz , and (ii) the intrinsic radiation from a blazar in the energy range from radio to soft X-ray bands is the synchrotron radiation for HEP objects and the soft X-ray emission comes from inverse Compton scattering for LEP objects. Under the above assumptions, we estimate Doppler factors at optical (δO) and X-rays (δx) for 54 blazars by using the known radio Doppler factors and the observed flux densities in radio, optical and X-ray bands, and Doppler factors [Formula: see text] at X-ray band in which X-rays are assumed to be produced only by the synchrotron radiation. We get [Formula: see text] . The Doppler factors are different in various wavebands, and on average, the Doppler factor decreases with frequency from radio to X-ray bands.

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