X-rays from the environment of supermassive black holes in active galaxies
Abstract
X-rays are a powerful probe of the physical conditions in the nuclei of active galaxies. We review the X-ray properties of radio-quiet AGN, LINERs and ultraluminous IR galaxies based on observations carried out with the X-ray satellite ROSAT. We then summarize the observations of giant X-ray flares from non-active galaxies, interpreted as stellar tidal disruptions by supermassive black holes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0101289,
title = {X-rays from the environment of supermassive black holes in active galaxies},
author = {Stefanie Komossa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0101289},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
invited review, IX. Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic Field Theories (Rome, July 2000), session: `Astrophysics of Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Observations'; to appear in the online proceedings at http://www.icra.it/MG/mg9/mg9.htm, a 2-page condensate will be published in World Scientific; long and short version are also available at http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/~skomossa/