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.
Instrument
EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage
2022-11-08T07:08:08Z/2023-07-20T20:34:10Z
Version
20.10_20230417_1156
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 Luca Zappacosta, 2024, 'HYPerluminous quasars at the Epoch of ReionizatION openParHYPERIONclosePar', 20.10_20230417_1156, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-12q7bqg
