XRISM XTEND observation 201021010

Title

PROBING THE INNERMOST REGION OF A JETTED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS 3C 111

Abstract

One of the most important questions of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) is the origin of the dichotomy of radio-quiet and radio-loud AGN. This is tightly related to the formation of the relativistic jets from black holes. The key to solving it is fast accretion disk winds, so-called ultra-fast outflows (UFOs). Observational facts indicate that the UFO is launched from the vicinity of the black hole. Thus, the UFO is the best probe for the innermost region of radio-loud AGN. To tackle the radio-quiet/loud dichotomy with the UFOs, we propose a 200 ks observation of 3C 111, which most probably harbors the UFO. With high resolution of Resolve, we will detect the UFO at 6 sigma level. Resolve will also allow us to estimate the kinetic power of the UFO and magnetization of the disk and UFO.

FITS header

TELESCOP= 'XRISM   '           / Mission name
INSTRUME= 'XTEND   '           / Instrument name
OBS_ID  = '201021010'          / Observation identification string
OBJECT  = '3C111   '           / Object name
OBSERVER= 'KOUICHI HAGINO'     / PI name
OBS_MODE= 'POINTING'           / POINTING or SLEW or ALL
RA_OBJ  =              64.5887 / [deg] Object Right ascension
DEC_OBJ =              38.0266 / [deg] Object Declination
RA_PNT  =     64.5729595420604 / Pointing RA
DEC_PNT =     38.0166304092711 / Pointing DEC
RA_NOM  =     64.5867980185907 / [deg] Nominal aspect point R.A.
DEC_NOM =     38.0263748441227 / [deg] Nominal aspect point Dec.
PA_NOM  =     71.8759290501434 / [deg] Nominal aspect point roll.
TELAPSE =               416864 / Elapsed time
DATE-OBS= '2024-09-25T13:23:56' / Start date
DATE-END= '2024-09-30T09:11:40' / Stop date
ONTIME  =         191312.86903 / On-source time
EXPOSURE=         191312.86903 / Exposure time
PROCVER = '03.00.013.009'      / Processing script version
MKFFF   = 'ISAS/JAXA'          / Origin of First FITS file
ORIGIN  = 'GSFC/NASA'          / Origin of Processed FITS file
SOFTVER = 'Hea_21Aug2024_V6.34_XRISM_21Aug2024_V001' / Version of HEADAS used
CALDBVER= 'gen20240315_xtd20240815_rsl20240815' / Version of CALDB used
DATE    = '2024-10-04T09:24:50' / Date and time this file was created or updated
SIB2_VER= 'V03.01  '           / SIB2 version JAXA

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