# Millimeter-wave Monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei with the Africa Millimetre Telescope

## TL;DR

The paper discusses the potential of the Africa Millimetre Telescope to monitor Active Galactic Nuclei at millimeter wavelengths, which is crucial for understanding their variable emission and contribution to high-energy astrophysics.

## Contribution

It introduces the Africa Millimetre Telescope as a new facility for high-cadence AGN monitoring, enhancing global observations and understanding of their emission mechanisms.

## Key findings

- Plans for the Africa Millimetre Telescope's role in AGN monitoring.
- Its contribution to global mm-VLBI observations.
- Potential for high-cadence variability studies.

## Abstract

Active Galactic Nuclei are the dominant sources of gamma rays outside our Galaxy and also candidates for being the source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In addition to being emitters of broad-band non-thermal radiation throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, their emission is highly variable on timescales from years to minutes. Hence, high-cadence monitoring observations are needed to understand their emission mechanisms. The Africa Millimetre Telescope is planned to be the first mm-wave radio telescope on the African continent and one of few in the Southern hemisphere. Further to contributing to the global mm-VLBI observations with the Event Horizon Telescope, substantial amounts of observation time will be available for monitoring observations of Active Galactic Nuclei. Here we review the scientific scope of the Africa Millimetre Telescope for monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei at mm-wavelengths.