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Matter and Electromagnetic Fields in Strong Gravity
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Matter and Electromagnetic Fields in Strong Gravity
CSIC Building (#406),
Seminar Room 4122.
Directions: home.cscamm.umd.edu/directions
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Some of what's new in AGN studies (NASA-GSFC)
Richard Mushotzky
University of Maryland and NASA/GSFC
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Abstract:
I will present and review recent results on 3 topics on the
use of AGN to constrain the properties of their central black
holes. 1) How do black holes work- I will discuss recent results on
the broad band spectra of AGN which allow the first set of accurate
determinations of the bolometric luminosity in these objects and on
the shape of the broad band 0.1-200 keV X-ray spectra, which will shed
light on the nature of reprocessing in Seyfert galaxies 2) How do AGN
evolve: recent results optical and x-ray surveys which constrain the
evolution of AGN to z~4, 3) Results from the first large unbiased
sample of AGN which examines the properties of the host galaxies and
whether the central AGN is related to the fundamental galaxy
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