Proving strong magnetic fields near to the central black hole in the quasar PG0043+039 via cyclotron lines

2015/04/16 by W. Kollatschny, N. Schartel, M. Zetzl +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Cyclotron #Emission spectrum #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Magnetic field #Optics #Physics #Quasar #Spectral index #Spectral line #Ultraviolet #Wavelength #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201525984

4 pages, 3 figures, Astronomy & Astrophysics in press

arxiv created 2015/04/16 · arxiv updated 2015/04/17 · openalex publication_date 2015/04/20 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The optical luminous quasar PG0043+039 has not been detected before in deep X-ray observations indicating the most extreme optical-to-X-ray slope index αox of all quasars.

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