2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
X-ray observational study of growth of supermassive black holes
| Project/Area Number |
20740109
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Astronomy
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| Research Institution | Ehime University |
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Principal Investigator |
TERASHIMA Yuichi 愛媛大学, 大学院・理工学研究科, 准教授 (20392813)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | ブラックホール / 降着円盤 / 銀河 / X線天文学 |
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| Research Abstract |
We searched for supermassive black holes(SMBHs) in their growing phase, and studied accretion processes in such a growing state. We successfully discovered relatively low-mass SMBHs and growing(i. e., large accretion rate) SMBHs by utilizing rapid X-ray variability from a large data set of XMM-Newton. We also discovered a new class of SMBH showing prominent soft X-ray, which is likely to be in a new state, and properties of an accretion disk in such a circumstance are studied.
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Research Products
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