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Comparison of high energy spectra and time variability of Active Galactic Nuclei and black hole binaries, and their consequences for accretion models

2011/03/B/ST9/03459

Keywords:

black holes X-rays relativity

Descriptors:

  • ST9_12: Relativistic astrophysics
  • ST9_11: High energy and particle astrophysics: X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika PAN

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Piotr Życki 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: OPUS 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 161 500 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-13

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-12-12

Project duration:: 40 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Zestaw komputerowy (12 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. Gamma-ray activity of Seyfert galaxies and constraints on hot accretion flows
    Authors:
    R. Wojaczyński, A. Niedźwiecki, F.-G. Xie, M. Szanecki
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2015, tom: 584, strony: A20), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201526621 - link to the publication
  2. On the lamppost model of acreeting black holes
    Authors:
    A. Niedzwiecki, A.A. Zdziarski, M. Szanecki
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters (rok: 2016, tom: 821, strony: 45295), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/2041-8205/821/1/L1 - link to the publication
  3. Flexible and Scalable Methods for Quantifying Stochastic Variability in the Era of Massive Time-Domain Astronomical Data Sets
    Authors:
    B.C. Kelly, A. C. Becker, M. Sobolewska, A. Siemiginowska, P. Uttley
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2014, tom: 788, strony: 33-50), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/33 - link to the publication
  4. Nature of the Extreme Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources
    Authors:
    G. Wiktorowicz, M. Sobolewska, A. Sądowski,K. Belczynski
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2015, tom: 810, strony: 20-27), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/810/1/20 - link to the publication
  1. Fermi-LAT Upper Limit for NGC 4151 and its Implications for Physics of Hot Accretion Flow
    Authors:
    R. Wojaczynski, A. Niedźwiecki, F.-G. Xie
    Conference:
    Fifth International Fermi Symposium (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: SLAC-Stanford
    Data:
    konferencja 20-24 październik
    Status:
    Published