What makes blazars distinct from other AGN is their unique alignment: one of their two powerful particle jets is pointed ...

also called an active galactic nucleus (AGN), which contains a supermassive black hole at its heart. “We were searching for quasars with strong radio jets in the early universe, which helps us ...

This blazar’s existence means there must have been a vast population of such blazars in the early universe, forming a hidden population of high-energy particle jet AGN (Scientists are now seeking more ...

The origin of the universe and everything that happened during its early days is and always will be one of the great mysteries for mankind. Only a small percentage of the beginning ...

I completed my PhD at UCSB and am currently a CIPS postdoc. My current interests lie in understanding non-thermal particle acceleration and propagation in AGN jets and accretion disk environments and ...

A deadly jet is now aimed at Earth—this is why you should care. A jet of high-energy particles from the active galactic nucleus AGN is directed toward Earth, which allows scientists to identify such ...

blazar/AGN jets gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) coronae of accreting black holes in AGN and XRBs Turbulent accretion disks around black holes and their magnetically-active coronae. Magnetic reconnection in ...