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Studying the vicinity of Sgr A*: spin, flares and alternative compact objects

2013/09/B/ST9/00060

Keywords:

Compact objects - Accretion processes - Radiative processes - Ray tracing

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):

dr Frederic Vincent 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: OPUS 5 - announced on 2013-03-15

Amount awarded: 195 900 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-04-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-03-31

Project duration:: 24 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Monitor + Laptop (9 388 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (7)
  1. X-ray-binary spectra in the lamp post model
    Authors:
    Vincent, F. H.; Rozanska, A.; Zdziarski, A. A.; Madej, J.
    Academic press:
    A&A (rok: 2016, tom: 590, strony: A132), Wydawca: EDPSciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201628408 - link to the publication
  2. Oscillations of radiation pressure supported tori near black holes
    Authors:
    Mazur, Grzegorz P.; Zanotti, Olindo; Sądowski, Aleksander; Mishra, Bhupendra; Kluźniak, Wlodek
    Academic press:
    MNRAS (rok: 2016, tom: 456, strony: 3245-3252), Wydawca: Oxford Journals
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv2890 - link to the publication
  3. Quasi-periodic oscillations from relativistic ray-traced hydrodynamical tori
    Authors:
    Mishra, B.; Vincent, F. H.; Manousakis, A.; Fragile, P. C.; Paumard, T.; Kluźniak, W.
    Academic press:
    MNRAS (rok: 2017, tom: 467, strony: 4036-4049), Wydawca: Oxford Journals
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stx299 - link to the publication
  4. Imaging a boson star at the Galactic center
    Authors:
    Vincent, F. H.; Meliani, Z.; Grandclement, P.; Gourgoulhon, E.; Straub, O.
    Academic press:
    Classical and Quantum Gravity (rok: 2016, tom: 33, strony: 105015 (19pp)), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0264-9381/33/10/105015 - link to the publication
  5. A magnetized torus for modeling Sagittarius A* millimeter images and spectra
    Authors:
    Vincent, F. H.; Yan, W.; Straub, O.; Zdziarski, A. A.; Abramowicz, M. A.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy and Astrophysics (rok: 2015, tom: 574, strony: A48), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201424306 - link to the publication
  6. Circular geodesics and thick tori around rotating boson stars
    Authors:
    Meliani, Z.; Vincent, F. H.; Grandclément, P.; Gourgoulhon, E.; Monceau-Baroux, R.; Straub, O.
    Academic press:
    Classical and Quantum Gravity (rok: 2015, tom: 32, strony: 235022 (17pp)), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0264-9381/32/23/235022 - link to the publication
  7. Impact of inclination on quasi-periodic oscillations from spiral structures
    Authors:
    Varniere, P.; Vincent, F. H.
    Academic press:
    A&A (rok: 2016, tom: 591, strony: A36), Wydawca: EDPSciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201527711 - link to the publication