2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of Jet emission mechanisms of black hole objects based on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
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20340044
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Astronomy
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | X線γ線天文学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope which we have contributed to its development launched in June, 2008, and it enables us to monitor the gamma-ray emission from jets of supermassive black holes continuously. We have also observed with KANATA optical telescope in Hiroshima University simultaneously with Fermi. As a result, we discovered the gamma-ray emission from jets or lobes of radio galaxies and the correlation time variability between the gamma-ray flux and optical polarization. These gave us new insights into jet structures. We published these results with press conferences and papers.
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