| Proposal ID | 088499 |
| Title | HYPerluminous quasars at the Epoch of ReionizatION (HYPERION) |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0884990101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-7b9wyrz |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Luca Zappacosta |
| Abstract | The growth of Supermassive Black Holes powering luminous quasars at the Epoch ofReionization (EoR, z>6) is a hot topic in astrophysics. These quasars are beingcharacterized with large multiwavelength campaigns with current flagshipobservatories. X-ray observations performed so far provided mostly < 15 countsin 0.5-10 keV spectra and thus a poor characterization of their properties. Wepropose HYPERION, a 2.3 Ms Multi-Year Heritage programme, to dramaticallyimprove data quality to 100 counts for 15 luminous quasars at EoR, deliveringunprecedented constraints on nuclear properties, accretion, ejection,disc/corona complex. It will nicely complement observations at other wavelengthsenabling meaningful X-ray spectroscopic studies at EoR to begin. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2021-06-26T18:27:30Z/2023-01-16T16:38:26Z |
| Version | 20.09_20221024_1724 |
| 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 | 2024-02-10T00:00:00Z |
| Keywords | "corona complex", "reionization hyperion", "hyperluminous quasars", "heritage programme", "data quality", "luminous quasars", "flagship observatories", "reionization eor", "kev spectra", "meaningful xray spectroscopic", "nicely complement", "nuclear properties", "multiwavelength campaigns", "ms multi", "hot topic" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Luca Zappacosta, 2024, 'HYPerluminous quasars at the Epoch of ReionizatION openParHYPERIONclosePar', 20.09_20221024_1724, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-7b9wyrz |