Israeli Researchers Discover Solar Storms Near Supermassive Black Holes
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Israeli researchers from the Technion have discovered evidence of solar storms occurring near supermassive black holes, a phenomenon previously only observed on the sun. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, found that these storms near black holes are driven by the same magnetic energy conversion process. This discovery, observed using the XRISM space telescope, suggests universal physical principles govern both solar and black hole environments.
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- Israeli Technion researchers found evidence of solar storms near supermassive black holes.
- This phenomenon, observed near the black hole in galaxy NGC 3783, was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
- The storms are caused by the conversion of magnetic energy into kinetic energy, similar to solar storms.
- The discovery is referred to as the "Neuferd effect," first seen on the sun in 1968.
- The research was led by Gal Wardy and Professor Ehud Behar, with international collaboration.
- Observations were made using the XRISM and XMM-Newton space telescopes.
Researchers at the Technion have found evidence of solar storms occurring near supermassive black holes, which are millions of times more massive than the sun. This phenomenon was observed in the vicinity of the black hole in the galaxy NGC 3783. The findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Solar storms are intense X-ray bursts accompanied by particle winds ejected from the sun's corona, posing risks to astronauts and satellite communications. These storms are caused by the conversion of magnetic energy into kinetic energy. The Technion researchers have now demonstrated for the first time that similar eruptions and winds in the halos of black holes originate from the same physical process: the utilization of magnetic energy.
The discovery, dubbed the "Neuferd effect," was first observed on the sun in 1968 but had never before been seen near black holes. This indicates that the same physical processes driving solar storms are also active around supermassive black holes. The research team utilized data from the XRISM space telescope to observe processes near the black hole.
The study was led by Gal Wardy, a doctoral student in the Faculty of Physics at the Technion, under the guidance of Professor Ehud Behar. The research also involved scientists from Japan, Europe, and the United States. Observations were conducted using the XRISM space telescope, a joint mission of NASA, the Japanese space agency, and the European Space Agency, as well as the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space telescope.
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