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Authors
Affiliations
1 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, IN
2 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411 007, IN
3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, GB
4 Technical University of Denmark, National Space Institute, DK
Source
Current Science, Vol 113, No 04 (2017), Pagination: 587-590
Abstract
The Soft X-ray focusing Telescope (SXT) is a moderate-resolution X-ray imaging spectrometer supplementing the ultraviolet and hard X-ray payloads for broadband studies of cosmic sources with AstroSat. Well suited for observing bright X-ray sources, SXT observations of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN), binary star systems with compact companions, active stars, etc. are producing long soft X-ray light curves and high-quality spectra. The strong X-ray variability and multiple spectral components exhibited by SXT observations of nearby Seyfert 1 galaxies show excellent promise to probe accretion disks and central engines in AGN through multi-band variability and spectroscopy.
Keywords
Active Galactic Nuclei, Stars, Supernova Remnants, X-Ray Astronomy.
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