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

Descriptors

  • ST9_12: Astrofizyka relatywistyczna - procesy wokół obiektów zwartych (białych karłów, gwiazd neutronowych i czarnych dziur)
  • ST9_11: Astrofizyka wysokich energii - promieniowanie rentgenowskie i gamma, promienie kosmiczne, neutrina

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

Voivodeship: mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Piotr Tomasz 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
2012-08-13
Project end date
2015-12-12
Project duration
40 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Zestaw komputerowy. Cost: 12 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (4)

  1. On the lamppost model of acreeting black holes

    Authors:
    A. Niedzwiecki, A.A. Zdziarski, M. Szanecki
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters (year: 2016, volume: 821, pages: 46026), Publisher: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/2041-8205/821/1/L1 – link to the publication
  2. 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 (year: 2014, volume: 788, pages: 33-50), Publisher: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/33 – link to the publication
  3. 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 (year: 2015, volume: 584, pages: A20), Publisher: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201526621 – 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 (year: 2015, volume: 810, pages: 20-27), Publisher: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/810/1/20 – link to the publication

Articles in post-conference publications (1)

  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 (year: 2014, pages: 46025), Publisher: SLAC-Stanford
    Date:
    conference 20-24 październik
    Status:
    Published

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