XMM-Newton Large Programme Details



PROPOSAL OVERVIEW
Proposal Title Mapping the Inner Accretion Disk Wind in the Quasar PDS 456
Proposal Category Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, BL-Lac Objects
Proposal Type LARGE PROGRAM
Proposal Id 072101
Number of Observations 1
Total exposure time (ks) 520

PI DETAILS
PI Dr James Reeves
Institute UMBC
Country UNITED STATES

CO-INVESTIGATORS
Name Country
V. Braito ITALY
P. O'Brien UNITED KINGDOM
E. Behar ISRAEL
S. Kaspi ISRAEL
J. Turner UNITED STATES
L. Miller UNITED KINGDOM
J. Gofford UNITED KINGDOM
M. Ward UNITED KINGDOM

ABSTRACT
PDS 456 is the most luminous nearby AGN, more typical of quasars at high redshift. A previous 40ks XMM-Newton (2001) observation revealed deep, highly ionised absorption at iron K and at 1 keV in the RGS spectrum. Subsequent Suzaku observations resolved the powerful ionised outflow, moving at 0.25c and revealed a direct response of the iron K absorption to a decrease in the ionising flux. We propose to monitor the remarkable spectral variability and outflow from PDS 456, through a series of 5x100ks XMM-Newton observations. From the timescale of the absorber variability we will probe the inner structure of the quasar wind, on scales of 10s-100s of Rg from the black hole and determine the intrinsic mechanism for the rapid variability in PDS 456.

PAPERS
Authors marked in red are (co-)investigators in the proposal

Classification of papers are:
- CLASS 1:   papers that present specific XMM-Newton observations
- CLASS 2: papers that refer to published XMM-Newton results with complementary observations, follow-up analysis, or theoretical analysis
- CLASS 3: further deliveries which resulted from the program and which are made available to the community (e.g. source catalogues, processed images or spectra in public data base)
- CLASS 4: comments and suggestions from PI

CLASS 1 (22 references)
  1. " Black hole feedback in the luminous quasar PDS 456 "
    Nardini, E.; Reeves, J. N.; Gofford, J.; Harrison, F. A.; Risaliti, G.; Braito, V.; Costa, M. T.; Matzeu, G. A.; Walton, D. J.; Behar, E.; Boggs, S. E.; Christensen, F. E.; Craig, W. W.; Hailey, C. J.; Matt, G.; Miller, J. M.; O'Brien, P. T.; Stern, D.; Turner, T. J.; Ward, M. J.;
    2015 - Science, Volume 347, Issue 6224, pp. 860-863 (2015).
    Number of Citations: 117
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2015Sci...347..860N
    DOI: 10.1126/science.1259202

  2. " Broadband short term X-ray variability of the quasar PDS 456 "
    Matzeu, G. A.; Reeves, J. N.; Nardini, E.; Braito, V.; Costa, M. T.; Tombesi, F.; Gofford, J.;
    2016 - Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.337, Issue 4-5, p.495
    Number of Citations: 1
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2016AN....337..495M
    DOI: 10.1002/asna.201612336

  3. " Discovery of Broad Soft X-ray Absorption Lines from the Quasar Wind in PDS 456 "
    Reeves, J. N.; Braito, V.; Nardini, E.; Behar, E.; O'Brien, P. T.; Tombesi, F.; Turner, T. J.; Costa, M. T.;
    2016 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 824, Issue 1, article id. 20, pp. (2016).
    Number of Citations: 19
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2016ApJ...824...20R
    DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/824/1/20

  4. " Short-term X-ray spectral variability of the quasar PDS 456 observed in a low-flux state "
    Matzeu, G. A.; Reeves, J. N.; Nardini, E.; Braito, V.; Costa, M. T.; Tombesi, F.; Gofford, J.;
    2016 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 458, Issue 2, p.1311-1329
    Number of Citations: 29
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2016MNRAS.458.1311M
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw354

  5. " The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue "
    Flesch, Eric W.;
    2016 - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Volume 33, id.e052 pp.
    Number of Citations: 17
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2016PASA...33...52F
    DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2016.44

  6. " AGN spectral states from simultaneous UV and X-ray observations by XMM-Newton "
    Svoboda, J.; Guainazzi, M.; Merloni, A.;
    2017 - Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 603, id.A127, pp.
    Number of Citations: 7
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2017A&A...603A.127S
    DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630181

  7. " X-ray flaring in PDS 456 observed in a high-flux state "
    Matzeu, G. A.; Reeves, J. N.; Nardini, E.; Braito, V.; Turner, T. J.; Costa, M. T.;
    2017 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 465, Issue 3, p.2804-2819
    Number of Citations: 9
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2017MNRAS.465.2804M
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2673

  8. " Evidence for a radiatively driven disc-wind in PDS 456? "
    Matzeu, G. A.; Reeves, J. N.; Braito, V.; Nardini, E.; McLaughlin, D. E.; Lobban, A. P.; Tombesi, F.; Costa, M. T.;
    2017 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 472, Issue 1, p.L15-L19
    Number of Citations: 32
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2017MNRAS.472L..15M
    DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slx129

  9. " The largely unconstrained multiphase nature of outflows in AGN host galaxies "
    Cicone, Claudia; Brusa, Marcella; Ramos Almeida, Cristina; Cresci, Giovanni; Husemann, Bernd; Mainieri, Vincenzo;
    2018 - Nature Astronomy, Volume 2, p. 176-178
    Number of Citations: 33
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2018NatAs...2..176C
    DOI: 10.1038/s41550-018-0406-3

  10. " Constraining the geometry of the nuclear wind in PDS 456 using a novel emission model "
    Luminari, A.; Piconcelli, E.; Tombesi, F.; Zappacosta, L.; Fiore, F.; Piro, L.; Vagnetti, F.;
    2018 - Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 619, id.A149, pp.
    Number of Citations: 4
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2018A&A...619A.149L
    DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833623

  11. " Variable Nature of Magnetically Driven Ultra-fast Outflows "
    Fukumura, Keigo; Kazanas, Demosthenes; Shrader, Chris; Behar, Ehud; Tombesi, Francesco; Contopoulos, Ioannis;
    2018 - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 864, Issue 2, article id. L27, pp. (2018).
    Number of Citations: 6
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2018ApJ...864L..27F
    DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aadd10

  12. " Using principal component analysis to understand the variability of PDS 456 "
    Parker, M. L.; Reeves, J. N.; Matzeu, G. A.; Buisson, D. J. K.; Fabian, A. C.;
    2018 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 474, Issue 1, p.108-114
    Number of Citations: 13
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2018MNRAS.474..108P
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2803

  13. " Are narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies highly accreting low-MBH AGNs? "
    Williams, James K.; Gliozzi, Mario; Rudzinsky, Ross V.;
    2018 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 480, Issue 1, p.96-107
    Number of Citations: 4
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2018MNRAS.480...96W
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty1868

  14. " Relativistic Components of the Ultra-fast Outflow in the Quasar PDS 456 from Chandra/HETGS, NuSTAR, and XMM-Newton Observations "
    Boissay-Malaquin, Rozenn; Danehkar, Ashkbiz; Marshall, Herman L.; Nowak, Michael A.;
    2019 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 873, Issue 1, article id. 29, pp. (2019).
    Number of Citations: 5
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2019ApJ...873...29B
    DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0082

  15. " Constraining X-Ray Coronal Size with Transverse Motion of AGN Ultra-fast Outflows "
    Fukumura, Keigo; Tombesi, Francesco;
    2019 - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 885, Issue 2, article id. L38, pp. (2019).
    Number of Citations: 1
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2019ApJ...885L..38F
    DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab5193

  16. " The soft X-ray excess: NLS1s versus BLS1s "
    Gliozzi, Mario; Williams, James K.;
    2020 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 491, Issue 1, p.532-543
    Number of Citations: 3
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2020MNRAS.491..532G
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3005

  17. " Ionized outflows from active galactic nuclei as the essential elements of feedback "
    Laha, Sibasish; Reynolds, Christopher S.; Reeves, James; Kriss, Gerard; Guainazzi, Matteo; Smith, Randall; Veilleux, Sylvain; Proga, Daniel;
    2021 - Nature Astronomy, Volume 5, p. 13-24
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2021NatAs...5...13L
    DOI: 10.1038/s41550-020-01255-2

  18. " Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning "
    Zhang, Yanxia; Zhao, Yongheng; Wu, Xue-Bing;
    2021 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 503, Issue 4, pp.5263-5273
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2021MNRAS.503.5263Z
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab744

  19. " ESASky SSOSS: Solar System Object Search Service and the case of Psyche "
    Racero, E.; Giordano, F.; Carry, B.; Berthier, J.; Mueller, T.; Mahlke, M.; Valtchanov, I.; Baines, D.; Kruk, S.; Merin, B.; Besse, S.; Kueppers, M.; Puga, E.; Gonzalez Nunez, J.; Rodriguez, P.; de la Calle, I.; Lopez-Marti, B.; Norman, H.; Wangblad, M.; Lopez-Caniego, M.; Alvarez Crespo, N.;
    2022 - Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 659, id.A38, pp.
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2022A&A...659A..38R
    DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140899

  20. " The X-ray disc/wind degeneracy in AGN "
    Parker, M. L.; Matzeu, G. A.; Matthews, J. H.; Middleton, M. J.; Dauser, T.; Jiang, J.; Joyce, A. M.;
    2022 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 513, Issue 1, pp.551-572
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2022MNRAS.513..551P
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac877

  21. " X-ray astronomy comes of age "
    Wilkes, Belinda J.; Tucker, Wallace; Schartel, Norbert; Santos-Lleo, Maria;
    2022 - Nature, Volume 606, Issue 7913, p.261-271
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2022Natur.606..261W
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04481-y

  22. " A new emulated Monte Carlo radiative transfer disc-wind model: X-Ray Accretion Disc-wind Emulator - XRADE "
    Matzeu, G. A.; Lieu, M.; Costa, M. T.; Reeves, J. N.; Braito, V.; Dadina, M.; Nardini, E.; Boorman, P. G.; Parker, M. L.; Sim, S. A.; Barret, D.; Kammoun, E.; Middei, R.; Giustini, M.; Brusa, M.; Cabrera, J. Perez; Marchesi, S.;
    2022 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 515, Issue 4, pp.6172-6190
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2022MNRAS.515.6172M
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2155