Chandra X-ray Spectral Evidence of the Dual AGN Nature of the Gravitational lens MG B2016+112 at z=3.273 with 175 pc separation

arXiv:2609.38590 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• AGN — 45× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Power Law — 7× in this paper
• Gravitational Lensing — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers — 3× in this paper
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• alpha — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• Chandra X-ray Observations of Quasars with Velocity-Offset Broad Lines: Assessing the Binary Supermassive Black Hole Hypothesis
• Dual AGN and Multiple SMBH Systems in the Era of SKAO
• Rapid growth in a dual AGN during a gas-rich merger at z~4.5
• Euclid: A machine-learning search for dual and lensed AGN at sub-arcsec separations

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