Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006head....9.1201r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #9, #12.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.366
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
At the current time, X-ray spectroscopy and timing observations of accreting black holes provide the best window on the physics and astrophysics of strong gravity. I will review the prospects for taking these studies to the next level in which we will be able to accurately determine black hole masses and spins, the cosmic evolution of these quantities, and quantitatively test aspects of the space-time metric close to black hole event horizons. In particular, I shall discuss what we can learn from (1) Constellation-X studies of relativistically broadened disk features, (2) observations of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in Galactic Black Hole Binary systems by a future large-area timing mission, (3) direct imaging of supermassive black hole accretion disks by a future X-ray interferometer and, (4) a census of both nearby and distant black holes by a future all-sky monitor.
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