Obscured and unobscured growth of supermassive black holes

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Main Author: J. Bussons
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2007
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author J. Bussons
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contents Obscured and unobscured growth of supermassive black holes J. Bussons M. T. Ceballos A. Corral J. Ebrero S. Mateos M. J. Page F. Panessa M. G. Watson X. Barcons F. J. Carrera Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas RAYS: GALAXIES GALAXIES: ACTIVE RAYS: DIFFUSE BACKGROUND Accretion is the dominant mechanism governing the growth of massive black holes in galaxy centers. Surveysat X-ray wavelengths trace the accretion history in the Universe and reveal that most of it occurs in obscuredobjects. In this paper we present some results from the XMM-Newton Medium Sensitivity survey (XMS),which investigates the source population that produces about the brightest half of the X-ray background below10 keV. We emphasize the role of large aperture telescopes, such as GTC, in unveiling the black hole growthin obscured objects. 2007 artículo científico 0185-1101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57102929 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=571 Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (México) Vol.29
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spellingShingle Obscured and unobscured growth of supermassive black holes
J. Bussons
Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
RAYS: GALAXIES
GALAXIES: ACTIVE
RAYS: DIFFUSE BACKGROUND
Obscured and unobscured growth of supermassive black holes J. Bussons M. T. Ceballos A. Corral J. Ebrero S. Mateos M. J. Page F. Panessa M. G. Watson X. Barcons F. J. Carrera Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas RAYS: GALAXIES GALAXIES: ACTIVE RAYS: DIFFUSE BACKGROUND Accretion is the dominant mechanism governing the growth of massive black holes in galaxy centers. Surveysat X-ray wavelengths trace the accretion history in the Universe and reveal that most of it occurs in obscuredobjects. In this paper we present some results from the XMM-Newton Medium Sensitivity survey (XMS),which investigates the source population that produces about the brightest half of the X-ray background below10 keV. We emphasize the role of large aperture telescopes, such as GTC, in unveiling the black hole growthin obscured objects. 2007 artículo científico 0185-1101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57102929 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=571 Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (México) Vol.29
title Obscured and unobscured growth of supermassive black holes
topic Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
RAYS: GALAXIES
GALAXIES: ACTIVE
RAYS: DIFFUSE BACKGROUND
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57102929