Speaker
Ioannis Liodakis
(Finnish center for Astronomy with ESO)
Description
Active galactic nuclei with jets are the most persistently bright objects in the observable Universe. A subclass called blazars, whose jets are oriented within a few degrees of the Earth’s line of sight, are the most extreme particle accelerators observed across the electromagnetic spectrum. For over 30 years the Nordic Optical Telescope has played a vital role in the multimessenger studies of blazars. I will review some of NOT's key contributions as well as an outlook of what future instruments can bring to blazar science.
Primary author
Ioannis Liodakis
(Finnish center for Astronomy with ESO)
