A Study on the Multi-band Radiation Mechanism of Mark 421

Based on the log-parabolic spectral energy distribution of electrons, and the homogeneous one-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model, the multiband spectral energy distribution of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 is calculated. Compared with Paggiʹs result which is obtained by means of δ-function approximation, it is found that a certain difference exists between our result and Paggiʹs. The main reason leading to this difference may be that the δ-function approximation on the synchrotron radiation of a single electron loses a part of electron energy, and therefore affects the result of inverse Compton scattering. Applying this model to the results of the multi-band observations made at three different states of Mark 421: high, medium, and low, the results of theoretical calculations are coincident very well with the observational results under the three different states of the object. An analysis indicates that the observed different states of Mark 421 are probably caused by the variation of the electron distribution in the jet.