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Name: In search of merging black holes in interacting galaxies
Published: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo

Proposal ID	069233
Title	In search of merging black holes in interacting galaxies
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0692330401 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0692330501
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-mb6j77l
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof Smita Mathur
Abstract	Merging AGN pairs in interacting galaxies provide a rich laboratory for studyingthe triggering of AGN activity and its evolution, starbursts, merging blackholes, and the black-hole galaxy co-evolution. We propose to search for such AGNpairs in a carefully chosen sample of interacting galaxies. Our observingstrategy is based on the analysis of successes and failures of previous suchefforts. The hard X-ray response of XMM-Newton is important in unveiling theseburied AGNs and disentangling the starburst component. We request exploratoryobservations of five targets to study starbursts and unveil binary AGNs. Theproposed program has a component of guaranteed scientific return and one ofdiscovery space.
Publications	Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov V. N. \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y XMM-Newton publication statistics \|Ness J.-U. Parmar A. N. et al. \| AN \| 335-210 \| 2014 \| 2014AN....335..210N \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014AN....335..210N The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue \|Flesch Eric W. \| PASA \| 33-52 \| 2016 \| 2016PASA...33...52F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016PASA...33...52F AGN spectral states from simultaneous UV and X-ray observations by XMM-Newton \|Svoboda J. Guainazzi M. \| A&A \| 603-127 \| 2017 \| 2017A&A...603A.127S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017A&A...603A.127S Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang Yanxia Zhao Yongheng \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z ESASky SSOSS: Solar System Object Search Service and the case of Psyche \|Racero E. Giordano F. et al. \| A&A \| 659-38 \| 2022 \| 2022A&A...659A..38R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...659A..38R The X-ray view of optically selected dual AGN \|De Rosa Alessandra Vignali Cristian et al. \| MNRAS \| 519-5149 \| 2023 \| 2023MNRAS.519.5149D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023MNRAS.519.5149D The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII O VIII and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan Zeyang Qu Zhijie et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez Antonio C. \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D Search for Young Stellar Objects within 4XMM-DR13 Using CatBoost and SPE \|Ma Xiangyao Zhang Yanxia et al. \| AJ \| 168-210 \| 2024 \| 2024AJ....168..210M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024AJ....168..210M New 511 keV Line Data Provide Strongest sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 973-L6 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...973L...6D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...973L...6D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2012-10-14T12:59:59Z/2012-12-20T02:47:30Z
Version	21.51_20241115_1113
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2026-07-09
Keywords	"rich laboratory", "merging black holes", "agn activity", "XMM-Newton", "chosen sample", "hard xray response", "unveil binary agns", "agn pairs", "starburst component", "merging blackhole", "XMM", "buried agns", "discovery space", "merging agn pairs", "guaranteed scientific return", "interacting galaxy", "xmm newton"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof Smita Mathur, 2014, 'In search of merging black holes in interacting galaxies', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-mb6j77l
Rights	Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.