2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Revealing the vicinity of supermassive black holes with super high spatial resolution observations
Project/Area Number |
26887044
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Astronomy
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Research Institution | Kyoto Sangyo University |
Principal Investigator |
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Research Collaborator |
HÖNIG Sebastian University of Southampton
MILLOUR Florentin Observatoire de la Côte d Azur
TEN BRUMMELAAR Theo Georgia State University, CHARA Array
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 巨大ブラックホール系の構造 / 活動銀河中心核の物理 / 高空間分解能観測 / 光赤外干渉計 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A supermassive black hole is now believed to reside at the center of each galaxy quite ubiquitously. Mass accretion and ejection processes around this central black hole is likely to be closely related to the formation and evolution of the host galaxy. However, our understanding of the key structure at a central spatial scale of a few light years has seen only a slow progress, probably due to the critical lack of spatial resolutions. We aim to vastly advance our knowledge on this central structure with super high spatial resolutions given by near- and mid-infrared interferometers, revealing in particular the luminosity evolution of the structure.
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Free Research Field |
宇宙物理学
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