Connection between the Accretion Disk and Relativistic Jet in the Blazar 3C 279

Details Connection between the Accretion Disk and Relativistic Jet in the Blazar 3C 279 Connection between the Accretion Disk and Relativistic Jet in the Blazar 3C 279

Oct 2009

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XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06516101

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, Bl-Lac Objects, X-Ray Background, 3C279

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We request a 126ks `stare' of 3C279 to combine with our 15yr RXTE light curve in order to measure the power spectral density (PSD) of the X-ray flux variations over timescales from ~1E4 to 1E8 s. The data will determine whether the PSD has a break at ~5E-7 Hz from a slope of -1 at low variational frequencies to ~ -2.4 at high frequencies. This is expected if, like the radio galaxies 3C111 and 3C120, the blazar follows the break timescale-mass-accretion rate scaling relationship found for non-beamed Seyfert galaxies and X-ray binaries. Since the X-rays observed in 3C279 arise from the highly relativistic jet, a positive result will demonstrate that even the fastest jets are driven from the accretion disk/corona rather than from the ergosphere of the black hole.

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