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Name: XMM and NuSTAR Observations of a New Population of Heavily Obscured AGN
Published: 2016-03-23T23:00:00Z

Proposal ID	074301
Title	XMM and NuSTAR Observations of a New Population of Heavily Obscured AGN
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-z5s3imm
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Michael Koss
Abstract	We propose XMM/NuSTAR observations of 10 AGN newly detected in the Swift-BATmaps using ascheme to detect nearby heavily obscured, Compton-thick AGN. These AGN are among the brightest examples of reflection-dominated AGN in the sky. The proposed sensitive, broadband X-ray observations will allow us to confirm their reflection-dominated nature, study the iron line morphology (XMM), and constrain the absorbing column and reflection (NuSTAR). The shape of the X-ray background requires a significant population of heavily obscured AGN.
Publications	The 2MIG isolated AGNs - I. General and multiwavelength properties of AGNs and host galaxies in the northern sky \|Pulatova N. G. Vavilova I. B. et al. \| MNRAS \| 447-2209 \| 2015 \| 2015MNRAS.447.2209P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.447.2209P 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 Infrared colours and spectral energy distributions of hard X-ray selected obscured and Compton-thick active galactic nuclei \|Kilerci Eser Ece Goto T. et al. \| MNRAS \| 494-5793 \| 2020 \| 2020MNRAS.494.5793K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020MNRAS.494.5793K 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 The properties of the AGN torus as revealed from a set of unbiased NuSTAR observations \|Zhao X. Marchesi S. et al. \| A&A \| 650-57 \| 2021 \| 2021A&A...650A..57Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021A&A...650A..57Z Fundamental X-ray corona parameters of Swift/BAT AGN \|Hinkle Jason T. Mushotzky Richard \| MNRAS \| 506-4960 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.506.4960H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.506.4960H 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
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2014-08-20T19:48:19Z/2015-03-04T12:16:02Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
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	2016-03-23T23:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-01-27
Keywords	"reflection nustar", "absorbing column", "compton thick agn", "heavily obscured agn", "broadband xray", "swift bat maps", "NuSTAR", "reflection dominated agn", "XMM", "brightest examples", "nearby heavily obscured", "reflection dominated", "xray background"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Michael Koss, 2016, 'XMM and NuSTAR Observations of a New Population of Heavily Obscured AGN', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-z5s3imm