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Record 1 2022-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

A blazar is an active galactic, consisting mainly in a supermassive black hole (10 solar masses), of an accretion disk falling onto the black hole, and of interstellar matter lying around, which can for example be modelized by a molecular torus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
DEF

Radiosource ponctuelle dont le rayonnement, très intense, peut varier en quelques jours d'un facteur allant jusqu'à 100.

OBS

Le blazar est interprété comme un noyau actif de galaxie observé dans l'axe de son jet de matière, ce dernier émettant un rayonnement suivant cet axe.

OBS

blazar : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 juin 2019.

Spanish

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