In this paper, we introduce a new composite spectral indices αγxγ = αxγ - αγ, and prove [Formula: see text], that means αγxγ is intrinsic. We plot a αxox - αγxγ diagram for 25 Gev γ-ray blazars for which αx and αγ have been provided in the literature, where αxox = αox - αx which was introduced by Sambruna et al. (1996) and proved that it is intrinsic by our previous paper (Xie et al. 2001). Using this new composite color–color (αxox - αγxγ) diagram, we investigated the nature of the HBLs–LBLs relationship, and the BL Lacs–FSRQs relationship, in high-energy emission. The results show that the spectral energy distributions of three subclasses of Gev γ-ray loud blazars are different, but essentially continuous: HBLs and FSRQs occupy separated regions while LBLs bridge the gap between HBLs and FSRQs. The results are consistent with that derived from a low energy color–color(αxox - αoro) diagram by Sambruna et al. (1996) and Xie et al. (2001). However, on the αox - αxγ diagram, FSRQs, LBLs and HBLs occupy same region. Because both αγxγ and αxox are intrinsic, thus, the new connection among HBLs, LBLs and FSRQs obtained by us is intrinsic.
Spectral energy distributions and high-energy emission of BL Lac type objects
