Difference between revisions of "Quasars"
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*How do we know that quasars are supermassive black holes? (SR) | *How do we know that quasars are supermassive black holes? (SR) | ||
**How can you constrain the radius of the central object? (GR effects on Iron K\alpha line, reverberation mapping) | **How can you constrain the radius of the central object? (GR effects on Iron K\alpha line, reverberation mapping) | ||
| + | * What is Centaurus A? | ||
| + | * What does AGN stand for? Name some of the types of AGN. | ||
| + | * What's the primary variable in determining AGN properties? | ||
| + | * Is AGN emission primarily thermal or primarily non-thermal? | ||
[[Astrophysics]] | [[Astrophysics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:51, 25 April 2011
Questions in this category have been asked by JH
- What is a quasar?
- What is its spectrum like (both continuum and lines)?
- Luminosity?
- How do we know that quasars are supermassive black holes? (SR)
- How can you constrain the radius of the central object? (GR effects on Iron K\alpha line, reverberation mapping)
- What is Centaurus A?
- What does AGN stand for? Name some of the types of AGN.
- What's the primary variable in determining AGN properties?
- Is AGN emission primarily thermal or primarily non-thermal?
