X-Raying the Brightest AGN in the Sky with the Chandra Gratings

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Sep 1999

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Chandra Proposal ID #01708015

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Chandra Proposal Id #01708015

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We propose to observe the BLLac Mrk421 as a TOO whenever it reaches an ultra-high state (2-12 keV flux greater than 20 mCrab). Currenty, Mrk421 is undergoing a huge flare with a peak flux of 43 mCrab, making it the brightest AGN in the sky. The flux has reached such a high level (which is a factor of ~3 higher that the average) at only one other time in the past 4 years. High spectral resolution Chandra HETG and LETG X-ray observations of an AGN in such a bright state would represent an extraordinary opportunity to study in great detail not only the gaseous environment surrounding the nucleus, but also the physical state of possible intervening absorption systems. We we will be allowed to measure with extreme precision, the ionization degree, the column density, the temperature, the densi

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