An outlook of different aspects of the incidence of magnetic fields on early universe events is presented. The events we will focus on include inflation and the electroweak phase transition. The guideline of the study is mainly the effect of the magnetic field on the effective potential of phase transitions and the decay process of the field leading the phase transition to other fields. We...
The motion of the S stars around the Galactic center implies the existence of a central gravitational potential dominated by a compact source, Sagittarius A (Sgr A), with a mass of four million solar masses. Traditionally, it has been assumed that such a gravitational potential is produced by a supermassive black hole (SMBH) sitting at the center of our Galaxy. It is particularly important...
Gravitational waves astrophysics is a new and promising field of research of the Universe. In contrast to the observations of the electromagnetic waves (radio waves, visible light, X rays and gamma), which are the main source of our current knowledge, we ''listen" to the Universe by registering minor disturbances of the space time curvature using the LIGO and Virgo laser interferometric...
One of the most prominent AGNs, the ultrasoft Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy 1H 0707-495, has been observed with eROSITA as one of the first CAL/PV observations on October 13, 2019 for about 60.000 seconds. 1H 0707-495 is a highly variable AGN, with a complex, steep X-ray spectrum, which has been the subject of intense study with XMM- Newton in the past. Large amplitude variability with a factor...
