The Future of X-ray Reverberation from AGN

Abstract

XMM-Newton is capable of making a transformational advance in our understanding of how luminous accreting black holes work, by dedicating about 10 per cent of future observing time to long observations, of order Megaseconds, to X-ray variable Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) research. This would enable reverberation studies, already a commonplace feature of AGN, to proceed to the next level and follow the behaviour of the powerful dynamic corona. Such a dedicated legacy programme can only be carried out with XMM-Newton.

5 pages, 5 figures for publication in Astronomische Nachrichten as part of the proceedings of the workshop "XMM-Newton: The Next Decade"

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