WE PROPOSE TO USE FERMI TO TEST A COMMONLY USED MODEL (INVERSE COMPTON OF THE CMB OR IC/CMB) FOR ANOMALOUSLY HIGH X-RAY EMISSION IN KILOPARSEC-SCALE RELATIVISTIC JETS FROM QUASARS. THE X-RAY EMISSION IN THESE JETS IS CLEARLY FROM A SECOND COMPONENT SEPARATE FROM THE RADIO-OPTICAL SYNCHROTRON EMISSION WHICH PEAKS BELOW THE OPTICAL. WHILE THE IC/CMB MODEL CAN EXPLAIN THE RADIOTO- X-RAY SPECTRUM IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO USE SPECTRUM-FITTING ALONE TO DETERMINE RULE OUT AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL OF A SECOND SYNCHROTRON SPECTRUM FROM A SEPARATE POPULATION OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS ACCELERATED TO ~ 100 TEV ENERGIES. THE PROPOSED TEST IS TO USE FERMI TO LOOK FOR THE HIGH GAMMA-RAY EMISSION EXPECTED UNDER THE IC/CMB (BUT NOT THE SYNCHROTRON) MODEL USING BOTH A PROGRESSIVE BINNING APPROACH AND A SIMPLE APPLICATION OF FERMI TOOLS FOR NON-DETECTED SOURCES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FALLS UNDER TWO OF THE NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: TO "PROBE THE ORIGIN AND DESTINY OF OUR UNIVERSE INCLUDING THE NATURE OF BLACK HOLES DARK ENERGY DARK MATTER AND GRAVITY." AND ALSO TO "EXPLORE THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE GALAXIES STARS AND PLANETS THAT MAKE UP OUR UNIVERSE." SPECIFICALLY THE PROPOSED RESEARCH USES DATA TAKEN BY THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY TELESCOPE FOR BASIC SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF JETS FROM BLACK HOLES.
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