BLAZAR SCIENCE HAS BEEN PROFOUNDLY REFINED IN THE FERMI-LAT ERA INCLUDING IMPROVED SPECTROSCOPY AND CONCERTED MULTI-WAVELENGTH (MW) CAMPAIGNS ON VARIOUS SOURCES. OUR GROUP HAS RECENTLY COMBINED MONTE CARLO SIMULATION RESULTS OF SHOCK ACCELERATION WITH MW MODELING OF MRK 501 BL LAC AND AO 0235+164 DETERMINING THAT THE DATA CAN BE EXPLAINED ONLY IF THE DIFFUSION LENGTH OF LEPTONS IS A STRONGLY INCREASING FUNCTION OF MOMENTUM. THIS PROPOSAL EXPLORES HOW THIS CAN ARISE USING MONTE CARLO AND PLASMA SIMULATIONS PLUS ANALYTIC THEORY OF TURBULENT TRANSPORT OF CHARGES IN FLUCTUATING E/M FIELDS. THE STUDY WILL CHARACTERIZE DIFFUSION PARAMETERS IN TERMS OF THE POWER SPECTRA OF MHD TURBULENCE AND THEN PERFORM MW MODELING OF SELECT FERMI-LAT BLAZARS TO CONSTRAIN THE TURBULENCE PROPERTIES

William Marsh Rice University, Houston TX

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