Accretion, ejection and reprocessing in supermassive black holes
A. De Rosa, S. Bianchi, M. Giroletti, A. Marinucci, M. Paolillo, I., Papadakis, G. Risaliti, F. Tombesi, M. Cappi, B. Czerny, M. Dadina, B. De, Marco, M. Dovciak, V. Karas, D. Kunneriath, F. La Franca, A. Manousakis, A., Markowitz, I. McHardy, M. Mehdipour, G. Miniutti
TL;DR
This paper advocates for the LOFT mission, emphasizing its potential to advance understanding of active galactic nuclei through X-ray timing observations.
Contribution
It highlights the scientific opportunities of LOFT in studying supermassive black holes, focusing on accretion, ejection, and reprocessing processes.
Findings
LOFT can significantly improve timing studies of AGN.
Potential to uncover new insights into black hole accretion.
Enhances understanding of black hole feedback mechanisms.
Abstract
This is a White Paper in support of the mission concept of the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT), proposed as a medium-sized ESA mission. We discuss the potential of LOFT for the study of active galactic nuclei. For a summary, we refer to the paper.
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics · Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories