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X-ray absorption and reflection in active galactic nuclei
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-009-0017-1 Bibcode: 2009A&ARv..17...47T

Turner, T. J.; Miller, L.

X-ray spectroscopy offers an opportunity to study the complex mixture of emitting and absorbing components in the circumnuclear regions of active galactic nuclei (AGN), and to learn about the accretion process that fuels AGN and the feedback of material to their host galaxies. We describe the spectral signatures that may be studied and review the …

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Suzaku 165
Results from the Huygens probe on Titan
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-009-0021-5 Bibcode: 2009A&ARv..17..149L

Strobel, Darrell; Coustenis, Athena; Lebreton, Jean-Pierre +3 more

The Cassini-Huygens mission, comprising the NASA Saturn Orbiter and the ESA Huygens Probe, arrived at Saturn in late June 2004. The Huygens probe descended under parachute in Titan's atmosphere on 14 January 2005, 3 weeks after separation from the Orbiter. We discuss here the breakthroughs that the Huygens probe, in conjunction with the Cassini sp…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Huygens 23
A review of Titan's atmospheric phenomena
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-009-0018-0 Bibcode: 2009A&ARv..17..105H

Sotin, Christophe; Le Mouélic, Stéphane; Tokano, Tetsuya +2 more

Saturn’s satellite Titan is a particularly interesting body in our solar system. It is the only satellite with a dense atmosphere, which is primarily made of nitrogen and methane. It harbours an intricate photochemistry, that populates the atmosphere with aerosols, but that should deplete irreversibly the methane. The observation that methane is n…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Huygens 12