Active galactic nuclei (AGN), which represent the rapidly growing phase of the supermassive black holes (SMBH), radiate across the whole electromagnetic spectrum from
radio to Gamma-rays. X-rays, which are seen in most AGN, are an important tool to study the physics of AGN. Thanks to the launch of NuSTAR in 2012, we are able to probe AGN properties in the hard X-ray regime for the first time. In this presentation, I will introduce our recent progress on different aspects of AGN, including the properties of the AGN dusty tori, X-ray emitting corona, and AGN demographics.
BIO
Xiurui Zhao is a second year postdoc at CfA. He got his PhD at Clemson University in 2021. He was also a predoc at CfA in 2020 and 2021. Xiurui's research focused on AGN in X-ray. Xiurui will start his second postdoc at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in September working on the multiwavelength study of AGN and supermassive black holes.
Host: Zheng Cai
