X-ray studies of the central engine ...
Noda, Hirofumi.

 

  • X-ray studies of the central engine in active galactic nuclei with Suzaku[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 523.112
    書名/作者: X-ray studies of the central engine in active galactic nuclei with Suzaku/ by Hirofumi Noda.
    作者: Noda, Hirofumi.
    出版者: Singapore : : Springer Singapore :, 2016.
    面頁冊數: xv, 153 p. : : ill., digital ;; 24 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: Active galactic nuclei.
    標題: Active galaxies.
    標題: Space astronomy.
    標題: Physics.
    標題: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
    標題: Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
    ISBN: 9789812877215
    ISBN: 9789812877208
    內容註: Review -- Instrumentation -- Observation and Data Reduction -- Soft X-ray Analysis -- Hard X-ray Analysis -- Discussion and Conclusion.
    摘要、提要註: The aim of this research was to use the X-ray satellite Suzaku to establish a picture of a central engine that effectively converts the gravitational energy of accreting matter onto the supermassive black hole to a huge amount of radiation in an active galactic nucleus. Although the engine is known to consist of a Comptonizing corona and an accretion disk, its image has remained unclear because primary emissions, coming directly from the engine, cannot be identified in X-ray spectra without models. The book describes a technique of time variability assisted spectral decomposition to model-independently examine X-ray signals, and how this was applied to the Suzaku archive data of active galactic nuclei. As a result, at least three distinct primary X-ray components have been discovered in an X-ray from an active galactic nucleus, presumably indicating a novel picture that the engine is composed of multiple coronae with different physical properties in an accretion flow. Furthermore, the determination of the spectral shapes of the primary X-rays has a significant impact on estimations of black hole spins, because it is essential to quantify reprocessed X-ray spectra. The successful model-independent decomposition of X-ray spectral components with flux variations of active galactic nuclei is likely to be effective in future data analyses from the soon-to-be-launched Japanese X-ray satellite ASTRO-H, which is capable of achieving unprecedented fine spectros copy and broad energy band coverage.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-721-5
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