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Unveiling the High Energy Obscured Universe: Hunting Collapsed Objects PhysicsA large part of energy from space is coming from collapsing stars (SN, Hypernovae) and collapsed stars (black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs). The peak of their energy release is in the hard-X and gamma-ray wavelengths where photons are insensitive to absorption and can travel from the edge the Universe or the central core of the Galaxy without loosing the primordial information of energy, time signature and polarization. The most efficient process to produce energetic photons is gravitational accretion of matter from a "normal" star onto a collapsed companion (L~GxMcollxdMacc/dtx( 1Rdisc)-dMacc/dt x c2), exceeding by far the nuclear reaction capability to generate high energy quanta. Thus our natural laboratory for "in situ" investigations are collapsed objects in which matter and radiation co-exist in extreme conditions of temperature and density due to gravitationally bent geometry and magnetic fields. This is a unique opportunity to study the physics of accretion flows in stellar mass and super-massive Black Holes (SMBHs), plasmoids generated in relativistic jets in galactic microQSOs and AGNs, ionised plasma interacting at the touching point of weakly magnetized NS surface, GRB/Supernovae connection, and the mysterious origins of "dark" GRB and X-ray flash.
Document ID
20050182059
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Ubertini, P.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Rome, Italy)
Bazzano, A.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Rome, Italy)
Cocchi, M.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Rome, Italy)
Natalucci, L.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Rome, Italy)
Bassani, L.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Bologne, Italy)
Caroli, E.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Bologne, Italy)
Stephen, J. B.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Bologne, Italy)
Caraveo, P.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Milan, Italy)
Mereghetti, S.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Milan, Italy)
Villa, G.
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Milan, Italy)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020
Location: Noordwijk
Country: Netherlands
Start Date: April 19, 2005
End Date: April 21, 2005
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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