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Supersoft AGNs: signature of super Eddington accretion, IMBH, TDE or new AGN spectral state? |
Seminar Title |
Supersoft AGNs: signature of super Eddington accretion, IMBH, TDE or new AGN spectral state? |
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Speaker: |
Dr. SHU Xinwen |
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Affiliation: |
(Department of physics, Anhui Normal University) |
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When |
Friday morning, Nov. 3, 10:00 a.m |
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Where: |
Room 402, Astronomy Building |
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Welcome to Attend |
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( PMO Academic Committee & Academic Circulating committee) |
| Abstract: Supersoft AGNs are a new class of AGNs which lack significant hard X-ray emission above ~2 keV. They may host intermediate mass black holes (IMBH) accreting in a poorly explored regime of parameter space, such as super Eddingtong accretion and extreme coronal condition. Their X-ray spectra are dominated by a pure soft thermal component, a form similar to disk blackbody emission in stellar-mass BHs in their high/soft state. Though only three supersoft AGNs are reported to date, they show distinct X-ray variability behavior, some of them could be associated with TDEs. In this talk, I will present the multi-wavelength characteristics of RX J1301.9+2746, the most distinct source of this kind. In particular, I will show our follow-up JVLA observations which reveal fast intraday radio variability, confining its origin likely from a compact jet. This is further supported by the unresolved radio emission observed with our VLBA observations. Such the unexpected presence of compact jet in a supersoft AGN challenges canonical theories of jet formation, but may have implications on the origin of radio emission in radio-quiet AGNs. All the results suggest that this AGN is an ideal laboratory for studying the universality of accretion/ejection coupling in BH accreting systems. |
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Copyright? Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS, No.10 Yuanhua Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
Phone: 0086 25 8333 2000 Fax: 8333 2091 http://english.pmo.cas.cn |
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