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1 Watch This Space! Monsters at Work Liz Puchnarewicz Mullard Space Science Laboratory University College London

2 Light comes in waves or packets electromagnetic waves photons

3 It all goes at the same speed

4 White light No. of photons energy wavelength spectrum

5 ‘Hot’ light No. of photons energy wavelength spectrum

6 Hot light from stars No. of photons energy wavelength spectrum

7 Thick heat dense gas slab blackbody radiation thick gas No. of photons energy wavelength

8 Quasar soft X-ray spectra blackbody radiation thick gas No. of photons energy wavelength soft X-raysEUVUV

9 Spectral lines No. of photons energy wavelength spectrum

10 Atomic line transitions ground  ionized    Ly  Ly 

11 Emission line spectra ground  ionized    Ly  Ly  No. of photons energy wavelength

12 Cosmological distances No. of photons energy wavelength quasar No. of photons energy wavelength laboratory

13 X-ray spectra from space The XMM- Newton observatory

14 Fluorescence ground  ionized   

15 Iron disks in X-rays No. of photons energy wavelength

16 Quasar accretion disks No. of photons energy wavelength soft X-raysEUVUV

17 The disk in MCG-6-30-15

18 A very hot corona No. of photons energy wavelength soft X-rays EUVUV hard X-rays disk continuum disk line

19 Electrons kick light into X-rays Fast-moving electron Inverse Compton scattering

20 A quasar

21 Thin heat thin gas slab bremsstrahlung radiation thin gas No. of photons energy wavelength

22 Gamma-ray bursts

23 Ultimate devastation The SWIFT mission

24 Scary monsters at work

25 Watch This Space! Monsters at Work Liz Puchnarewicz Mullard Space Science Laboratory University College London


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