| Proposal ID | 088620 |
| 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=0886200201 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-up6olsn |
| 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 | 2022-05-28T18:02:40Z/2023-12-15T12:29:38Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| 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 | 2025-03-06T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | XMM-Newton, OM, RGS, EPIC, X-ray, Multi-Mirror, SAS |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Luca Zappacosta, 2025, 'HYPerluminous quasars at the Epoch of ReionizatION (HYPERION)', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-up6olsn |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |