CSPOB-Continuous Spectrophotometry of Black Holes

TL;DR

CSPOB is a dedicated satellite mission designed to continuously observe a select few black holes, aiming to improve understanding of their high-energy emissions and the physics of accretion flows.

Contribution

This paper introduces the CSPOB satellite mission, a novel tool for real-time monitoring of black hole emissions to advance theoretical models.

Findings

Continuous observations will capture spectral and temporal variability.

Expected to answer key questions about black hole accretion physics.

Will help resolve existing puzzles in high-energy astrophysics.

Abstract

The goal of a small and dedicated satellite called the "Continuous Spectro-Photometry of Black Holes" or CSPOB is to provide the essential tool for the theoretical understanding of the hydrodynamic and magneto-hydrodynamic flows around black holes. In its life time of about three to four years, only a half a dozen black holes will be observed continuously with a pair of CSPOBs. Changes in the spectral and temporal variability properties of the high-energy emission would be caught as they happen. Several important questions are expected to be answered and many puzzles would be sorted out with this mission.