Studying the Physics of Extreme Accretion onto Compact Objects

在头两年里，我将在最亮的XMM-牛顿任务ULX栅格和新获得的观测数据中搜索来自超铝X射线天体(ULX)的风，发布风探测结果，并测试对ULX的理论预测。我将利用高分辨率X射线光谱学中的新技术。对ULXs光谱形状和可变性的分析也将使寻找中等质量的黑洞候选者成为可能。接下来，我将把ULX风能与由ULX提供动力的光学星云的光度和局部恒星形成进行比较，以限制ULX的反馈。我还将把超爱丁顿吸积的理论模型与活动星系核(AGN)和ULXs中超快风(UFO)的物理特征进行比较，以了解AGN和ULXs中不同的发射机制和它们的吸积率。同时，我将利用各种X射线、光学和红外观测站来研究活动星系核中的超大质量黑洞，以确定它们的可变性和遮蔽性的物理学，并拓宽我对极端吸积的认识。此外，我将向XMM-牛顿、钱德拉和NuSTAR X射线任务提交建议书，并为新的ASTRO-H2任务(2020年)准备科学案例，以取代强大但简短的Hitomi卫星，以前所未有的分辨率观测高能量的Fe K AGN和ULX UFO，并为欧洲和STFC资助的超大型雅典娜任务准备科学案例。

During the first two years I will search for winds from Ultraluminous X-ray objects (ULX) in the brightest XMM-Newton mission ULX gratings archive and the newly awarded observations, publish the wind detections and test the theoretical scenarios predicted for ULXs. I will make use of novel techniques in high resolution X-ray spectroscopy. The analysis of the spectral shape and variability of ULXs will also enable the search for intermediate mass black hole candidates. Following this I will compare the ULX wind energetics with the luminosities of optical nebulae powered by ULXs and the local star formation to constrain ULX feedback. I will also compare theoretical models of super-Eddington accretion with physical characteristics of ultrafast winds (UFOs) in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and ULXs to understand the different launching mechanisms in both AGN and ULXs and their accretion rates. Simultaneously, I will study supermassive black holes in AGN using various X-ray, optical and infrared observatories to determine the Physics of their variability and obscuration and broaden my knowledge of extreme accretion.Additionally, I am going to submit proposals to the XMM-Newton, Chandra and NuSTAR X-ray missions and prepare science cases for the new ASTRO-H2 mission (2020), replacing the powerful though brief Hitomi satellite, to observe the highly-energetic Fe K AGN and ULX UFOs with unprecedented resolution and prepare science cases for the very large European and STFC-funded ATHENA mission.