SPRINGER MEASURING THE ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES 2013 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: MEASURING THE ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER - LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LINK: http://is.gd/O3t8UU - RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL

FORMAT: PDF - RELEASE DATE: 2013/10/22

ISBN: 9781461477716 - STORE DATE: 2013

AUTHOR: LAURA BRENNEMAN - DISKS: 01

SAVED MONEY: 42 EURO



Measuring the spin distribution of supermassive black holes is of critical

importance for understanding how these black holes and their host galaxies

form and evolve over time, yet this type of study is only in its infancy

This brief describes how astronomers measure spin in supermassive black holes

using X-ray spectroscopy. It also reviews the constraints that have been

placed on the spin distribution in local, bright active galaxies over the past

six years, and the cosmological implications of these constraints. Finally

it summarizes the open questions that remain in this exciting new field of

research and points toward future discoveries soon to be made by the next

generation of space-based observatories