The close environment of Supermassive Black Holes
Abstract
There are two main scientific goals of the "Close environment of SMBH" Athena Topical Panel: the determination of the BH spin distribution in the local Universe, and of the geometry of the hot X-ray emitting corona via time lag measurements. The rationale behind these goals, and how they will be achieved with Athena, will be discussed in this talk.
- Publication:
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41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016cosp...41E1268M