The mechanism of launching and powering relativistic jets in AGN is still notunderstood, but must link to the accretion flow. Evidence for this comes fromthe clear change in blazar jet properties at L/LEddvirgul0.01, probably due to theaccretion flow transition from a geometrically thick ADAF to a thin disc. Thereshould be another transition at L/LEdd > 1, where the accretion disc should puffup, but this is harder to study as few radio-loud AGN are super-Eddington. RXJ0134.2-4258 is a robust super-Eddington NLS1 with L/LEddvirgul11, the highest of allradio-loud AGN known. Therefore, we propose a joint XMM-Newton/NuSTAR program tostudy the accretion disc, corona and jet mechanism in this new radio-loudsuper-Eddington regime.
Instrument
EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage
2019-12-19T06:18:32Z/2019-12-20T21:00:12Z
Version
18.00_20191217_1110
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.
European Space Agency, Dr Chichuan Jin, 2021, 'Exploring the Disc-Jet Properties in the Most Super-Eddington Radio-Loud NLS1', 18.00_20191217_1110, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-0g0qm1m
