| Name | 072310 |
| Title | Bridging the X-ray Variability Properties of Supermassive and Galactic Black H |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0723100301 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ce4wkf7 |
| Author | Dr Brandon Kelly |
| Description | We propose to obtain new XMM light curves of 5 AGN with reverberation-based black hole mass from the Lick AGN Monitoring Project (LAMP) to investigate how their variability properties scale with black hole mass and Eddington ratio. These 5 sources are among the AGN with the smallest measured black hole masses (M_BH = 1E6-1E7 M_Sun), making them an important bridge between the variability properties of supermassive and stellar mass black holes. Moreover, we will use the XMM observations to calibrate X-ray variability as a mass estimator at low masses for AGN, which can be used to search for the seeds of supermassive black holes in nearby bulge less dwarf galaxies. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2013-12-09T09:40:31Z/2014-01-15T01:53:03Z |
| Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's 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 Earth's 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 | 2015-02-05T23:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2015-02-05T23:00:00Z, 072310, 17.56_20190403_1200. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ce4wkf7 |