| Proposal ID | 094365 |
| Title | Monitoring the unprecedented disk wind in MCG-03-58-007 |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0943650101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-htawiah |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Valentina Braito |
| Abstract | We propose a new intense monitoring campaign consisting of 12x60 ksec XMM-Newtonobservations coordinated with 6 x40 ksec NuSTAR exposures of MCG -03- 58-007,which is a powerful and extremely variable disk wind. Past X-ray observations ofthis remarkable wind revealed a dramatic and fast variability of the velocity ofthe disk wind, which dropped from v/c~-0.2 to v/c~-0.074 in just 16 days. Suchvariability is at odds with other disk winds and challenging for current models,and therefore it deserves a further investigation. With the new observations wewill: (i) confirm the velocity variations and their timescales, (ii) probe thepresence of multiple velocity components and (iii) investigate the windacceleration mechanism. |
| Publications | No publications found for current proposal! |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2024-05-07T18:13:05Z/2024-05-28T15:04:57Z |
| Version | 21.23_20231215_1101 |
| 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 | 2025-06-11T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2025-08-04 |
| Keywords | XMM-Newton, OM, RGS, EPIC, X-ray, Multi-Mirror, SAS |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Valentina Braito, 2025, 'Monitoring the unprecedented disk wind in MCG-03-58-007', 21.23_20231215_1101, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-htawiah |