Suzaku

by Hirofumi Noda (Author)
Nominated as an outstanding contribution by The University of Tokyo's Department of Astronomy in 2013
Presents a technique for variability-assisted spectral decomposition of X-ray components generated in an active galactic nucleus
Proposes a novel picture of the central engine, formed by multiple coronae and an accretion disk onto a supermassive black hole, in an active galactic nucleus

This thesis presents a study of the origin of an apparently extended X-ray emission associated with the Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broadband spectra obtained from mapping observations in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory.

This thesis presents a study of the origin of an apparently extended X-ray emission associated with the Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broadband spectra obtained from mapping observations in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory.

This thesis presents a study of the origin of an apparently extended X-ray emission associated with the Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broadband spectra obtained from mapping observations in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory. The spectra were analyzed with a newly constructed X-ray spectral model of an accreting white dwarf binary that is one of the proposed candidate stars for the origin of the Galactic ridge emission in the higher energy band. Fitting of the observed Galactic ridge spectra with the model showed that there is another spectral component that fills the gap between the observed X-ray flux and the component expected from the accreting white dwarf spectral model in the lower energy band. This additional soft spectral component was nicely explained by an X-ray spectral model of normal stars. The result, together with previously reported high-resolution imaging results, strongly supports the idea that the Galactic ridge X-ray emission is an assembly of dim, discrete X-ray point sources.

Mizuki is a bespectacled university student who lives with her grandparents. One day, there's a little trouble with thugs, and two strange women, Suzaku and Kamado, step in. That night, a yakuza underling comes and murders Mizuki...