Astrophysicist calls on colleagues to develop better models to explain quasars
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 10:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Robert Antonucci, professor of astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests in a commentary piece in the journal Nature that he and his colleagues need to develop better models of black-hole systems to help gain more knowledge of quasi-stellar radio sources, known more commonly as quasars. The problem is, he says, after a half century of study, scientists still can't explain how it is that they emit so much energy.