Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010xmm..prop....9m&link_type=abstract
XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06701405
Computer Science
Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, Bl-Lac Objects, X-Ray Background, Iras 20550+1656, Iras 17366+8646, Iras 18329+5950, Iras 19354+4559
Scientific paper
Merging AGN pairs in interacting galaxies provide a rich laboratory for studying triggering of AGN activity and its evolution, starbursts, merging black holes, and the black-hole galaxy co-evolution. We propose to search for such AGN pairs in a carefully chosen sample of interacting galaxies. Our observing strategy is based on the analysis of successes and failures of previous such efforts. The hard X-ray response of XMM-Newton is important in unveiling these buried AGNs and disentangling the starburst component. We request exploratory observations of four targets and a long observation for precision spectroscopy of one target in which hard point sources were detected with Chandra. Thus the proposed program has a component of guaranteed scientific return and one of discovery space.
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