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2.9. Microlens mapping of disks in active galactic nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

A. Yonehara ,
S. Mineshige ,
J. Fukue ,
M. Umemura  and
E.L. Turner
A. Yonehara
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-01, Japan
S. Mineshige
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-01, Japan
J. Fukue
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Osaka Kyoiku University, Asahigaoka, Kashiwara, Osaka 582, Japan
M. Umemura
Affiliation:
Center for Computational Physics, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
E.L. Turner
Affiliation:
Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

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Generally, it is believed that there is a supermassive black hole and a surrounding accretion disk in a central region of active galactic nuclei (AGN). However, it is quite difficult to obtain direct information about the center of AGN, because the accretion disk size is far too small to resolve.

Type
Part I. Stellar Cluster, Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 75 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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