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In these lecture notes, we give a short introduction to the very general topic of synchrotron radiation and its relevance in an astrophysical context. We deduce the power radiated by a single highly relativistic charged particle moving in a homogeneous B-field and the characteristics of the synchrotron spectrum it emits. On this basis, aspects of synchrotron radiation from multi-particle systems such as the spectrum generated by a power-law particle distribution, synchrotron absorption effects and synchrotron self-Compton effects, are discussed.
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Huege, T., Falcke, H. (2004). Principles of Synchrotron Emission in an Astrophysical Context. In: Mantovani, F., Kus, A. (eds) The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 135. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2406-1_2
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