Particle Acceleration

Gigantic X-rays flares offer new insight into the whirling maelstrom just outside supermassive black holes

Submitted by Lori White on June 16, 2017 - 4:18pm

by Dan Wilkins

Author Dan Wilkins

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Galaxy Evolution
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Artist's impression of an AGN according to the unified model. (Credit: ESA/NASA, the AVO project and Paolo Padovani.)
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Seeing is believing: “Observing” simulations of relativistic jets

Submitted by Lori White on March 9, 2017 - 12:24am

By Dr. Richard Anantua

Richard Anantua

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Compact Objects
Galaxy Evolution
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Intensity map of relativistic jet. (Credit: Richard Anantua.)

Where have all the magnetic fields disappeared to? -- a new class of blazar flares

Submitted by Mandeep Gill on May 1, 2015 - 9:32am

By  Krzysztof Nalewajko

 

Blazing Jets Beaming Straight Towards The Earth

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Where are they now? -- An Interview with KIPAC alum Justin Vandenbroucke

Submitted by Mandeep Gill on April 17, 2015 - 12:25am

by Lori Ann White

In the series, "Where are they now?" we check in with KIPAC alumni: where they are now, how they've fared since their days exploring particle astrophysics and cosmology at the Institute, and how their KIPAC experiences have shaped their journeys.

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