Proposal ID | 084276 |
Title | Simultaneous Disc and Corona Reverberation Mapping in AGN Mrk 335 |
Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0842760201 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-0s00dhu |
Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Erin Kara |
Abstract | X-ray reverberation shows that the corona is compact, within 10 gravitationalradii of the central black hole, and irradiates a disc that extends down to ornear the ISCO. However, these results appear in tension with recent Swift discreverberation results, where the time delay between X-rays and UV/optical ismuch larger than expected from the standard reprocessing model in which acompact corona irradiates and thermalizes a thin accretion disc. In order toexplain these disc reverberation results, two suggestions have been made\:either (1) the thin disc is truncated with a hot inner flow or (2) absorptionand scattering from the broad line region affect the time lag measurements.Neither of these two scenarios can be properly tested with Swift alone. XMM-Newton is required. |
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Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2021-06-14T06:03:03Z/2021-06-23T07:32:46Z |
Version | 19.16_20210326_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 | 2022-07-10T00:00:00Z |
Keywords | "time lag measurements", "disc reverberation", "XMM", "hot inner flow", "properly tested", "thin accretion disc", "agn mrk 335", "corona reverberation mapping", "swift disc reverberation", "time delay", "xray reverberation", "XMM-Newton", "central black hole", "compact corona irradiates", "gravitational radii", "thin disc", "xmm newton", "standard reprocessing model" |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Erin Kara, 2022, 'Simultaneous Disc and Corona Reverberation Mapping in AGN Mrk 335', 19.16_20210326_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-0s00dhu |