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Proposal ID 080508
Title X-RAY-UV-OPTICAL REVERBERATION MAPPING OF LOW MASS AGN
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ee6vbby
Principal Investigator, PI Prof Ian McHardy
Abstract Recent Swift observations of 4 medium mass AGN show that UV/optical variationslag higher energies as expected from reprocessing of high energies by anaccretion disc. However the measured disc sizes are 3x larger than expected fromtheory and in 2 AGN the X-rays lead the UV by more than expected. It is alsounclear whether earlier poor X-ray/optical correlations in high accretion rate(mdot) AGN are just due to inadequate sampling. We have recently shown that, forlow masses, XMM can measure the crucial X-ray/UV lag and correlation strengthvery simply. Here we request to observe 4 low mass AGN with a range of mdot tomeasure that crucial lag and, from the ground, also the X-ray/g-band lag, sothat the above problems, and any variation with mass or mdot can be properly understood.
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Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2017-06-02T20:43:18Z/2017-06-05T15:21:18Z
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 2018-06-29T22:00:00Z
Keywords "low masses", "band lag", "3x larger", "disc sizes", "low mass agn", "XMM", "inadequate sampling", "accretion disc", "medium mass agn", "optical correlations", "optical variations lag", "correlation strength", "uv lag"
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Prof Ian McHardy, 2018, 'X-RAY-UV-OPTICAL REVERBERATION MAPPING OF LOW MASS AGN', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ee6vbby