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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 16: Black Holes I

GR 16.1: Talk

Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 14:00–14:20, SPA SR220

XMM-Newton's impact on Relativistic Astrophysics — •Norbert Schartel — XMM-Newton SOC, ESA, illanueva de la Cañada, Spain

With about 300 refereed papers published each year, XMM-Newton is one of the most successful scientific missions of ESA ever.

Observations of compact objects, where relativistic effects have to be accounted for, play a major role in XMM-Newton's observing program: Neutron stars and Galactic black holes as well as supermassive black holes in the centre of active and non-active galaxies. The main focus of the talk will be the discussion of scientific highlight results based on XMM-Newton observations of compact, relativistic objects during the last years. X-ray observations provide a unique opportunity to study the vicinity of compact objects, i.e. the region where the strong gravitational field acts and allows the determination of black hole spin.