XMM-Newton 2022 Science Workshop


Black Hole Accretion under the X-ray Microscope
ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 14 - 17 June 2022



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Printed Proceedings

The refereed proceedings articles have been published in Volume 344, Issue 4 (May 2023) of the Astronomische Nachrichten / Astronomical Notes (AN)

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CONTENTS

EXTREME VARIABILITY EVENTS

Invited Talks

X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions: where do we stand?, Riccardo Arcodia
Extreme Accretion Events: Stellar Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) and Changing-Look AGN, S. Komossa
 

Contributed Talks

Measuring the mass and the spin of intermediate-massive black hole candidates using tidal disruption events, Zheng Cao
The enigmatic X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions of RX J1301.9+2747, Margherita Giustini
Multi-wavelength follow-up of extreme variability in galactic nuclei detected with eROSITA, David Homan
Repeating X-ray and UV flares in the changing-look AGN Mrk 590, Daniel Lawther
Deciphering the extreme X-ray variability of an eROSITA discovered nuclear transient, Zhu Liu
Multi-wavelength follow-up of an extremely luminous, eROSITA-selected tidal disruption event candidate, Adam Malyali
Probing Extreme Accretion Physics with X-ray Nuclear Transients, Megan Masterson
A multi-instrument look at archival variable AGNs, Erwan Quintin
Fully relativistic global hydrodynamics simulation of tidal disruption event, Taeho Ryu
Tidal disruption events and quasi periodic eruptions, Natalie Webb
Accretion state changes in a supermassive black hole following a tidal disruption event, Thomas Wevers
 

Posters

X-Ray Observations of Tidal Disruption Event ASASSN-14li, Suyog Garg
Searching for overlooked TDEs in the 4XMM catalog, Andrea Sacchi
Host galaxy properties of quasi-periodically erupting X-ray sources, Thomas Wevers

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

Invited Talks

Shedding light on powerful disk winds, Valentina Braito
AGN UV/optical variability and its (dis)connection to X-rays, Edward Cackett
The quest for dual and binary supermassive black holes, Alessandra De Rosa
First results from IXPE, Giorgio Matt
Imaging a supermassive black hole, Luciano Rezzolla
1ES1927+654: a new type of changing-state AGN, Claudio Ricci
 

Contributed Talks

Understanding quasi-periodic oscillations in accreting black holes using an unprecedented XMM-Newton observation, William Alston
Broadband X-ray Spectroscopy as a Probe of AGN Obscuring Structure Geometry, Mislav Balokovic
The JED-SAD model applied to the Active Galactic Nuclei UV X-ray correlation, Samuel Barnier
Distant Emission from Mrk 1239: Origin Revealed, Margaret Buhariwalla
X-ray Microlensing of the Inflows and Outflows of Quasar RXJ 1131-1231, George Chartas
Probing the close environments of SMBHs with the Fe Kalpha Compton Shoulder, Georgios Dimopoulos
A Bayesian Analysis of AGN X-ray Spectral Properties in XXL, Lingsong Ge
The X-ray reflector as signature of the AGN torus and its connection with mid-infrared dust emission, Omaira González Martín
Exploring the connection between the inner accretion disc and high-velocity outflows in active galactic nuclei, Adam Gonzalez
A Full Spectral Timing Model for AGN: Exploring the Accretion Structure Through Intensive Monitoring Data, Scott Hagen
An X-ray and Radio View of the Different Modes of AGN Accretion and Feedback with eROSITA and LOFAR, Zsofi Igo
The effects of AGN feedback on the structural and dynamical properties of Milky Way-mass galaxies in cosmological simulations, Dimitrios Irodotou
Spectral-timing of AGN ionized outflows with Athena, Anna Juranova
Modelling for the broadband energy spectrum of X-ray illuminated accretion discs, Elias Kammoun
Multi-wavelength study of extragalactic transients detected with eROSITA: A flaring event in an AGN, Saikruba Krishnan
Accretion disk-corona connection in NGC 4593 and NGC 7469, Kavita Kumari
Physics and Energetics of the Ultra Fast Outflow in IRAS F11119+3257, Giorgio Lanzuisi
X-HESS: a new sample of highly accreting serendipitous AGN under the XMM-Newton microscope, Marco Laurenti
X-ray Reverberation Mapping of Highly Variable AGN Ark 564, Collin Lewin
The least-massive accreting supermassive black holes, Labani Mallick
Radiatively-driven clumpy absorbers in the NLSy1 IRAS 13224-3809, Takuya Midooka
X-ray intraday variability of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 with XMM-Newton, Angel Priyana Noel
A physical model for the AGN UV/optical power spectra, Christos Panagiotou
Black hole variability spectra: UFOs, stellar winds, eclipses and the nuclear environment, Michael Parker
Warm corona model for the soft X-rayexcess of AGNs: Observational and theoretical constraints, Pierre-olivier Petrucci
Time-dependent photoionisation modeling of AGN outflows, Daniele Rogantini
A moderate spin for the high-mass Supermassive Black Hole H1821+643, Julia Sisk Reynes
Systematic broad-band X-ray study of extreme accretion onto supermassive black holes, Alessia Tortosa
Modelling complex AGN media in full-3D with a new X-ray radiative transfer code, Bert Vander Meulen
QPOs are more than timing features: Applying the Accretion-Ejection Instability in Super massive black-holes, Peggy Varniere
The scattered X-ray spectrum of AGN: testing physical scenarios for the reflection features using simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR data, César Ivan Victoria-Ceballos
Soft excesses as seen by eROSITA, Sophia Waddell
Ejection-accretion connection in highly-accreting supermassive black holes, Yerong Xu
 

Posters

Constraining the X-ray reflection in Low accretion rate AGN using XMM-Newton, NuSTAR and Swift, Yaherlyn Diaz
Origin of soft excess in AGN showing relativistic disc reflection, Savithri H Ezhikode
UFOs in Subways: a population study, Vittoria Elvezia Gianolli
X-ray variability of the Type 1.2 AGN SWIFT J1708.6+2155, Maitrayee Gupta
Exploring the nature of the X-ray corona in Active Galactic Nuclei with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, Amy Joyce
Multi-messenger astrophysics of the blazar OJ 287 and the project MOMO, S. Komossa
“Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays\', Giorgio Lanzuisi
A hard look at the broadband X-ray variability of NGC 7582, Mehdy Lefkir
Multi-wavelength study of extragalactic transients detected with eROSITA: An X-ray coronal shutdown event, Alex Markowitz
The remarkable flux and spectral variability of ESO511-G030 across the epochs, Riccardo Middei
Modeling reflected X-ray polarisation from black-hole accretion discs, Jakub Podgorny
Multi-wavelength study of extragalactic transients detected with eROSITA: A flaring event in an AGN, Tathagata Saha

BH X-RAY BINARIES AND ULXS

Invited Talks

X-ray binary outflows, Maria Diaz Trigo
An overview of accretion physics round black holes, Christine Done
Overview of spectral-timing techniques, Adam Ingram
Ultraluminous X-ray sources - news and views, Matthew Middleton
Accretion driven jets in X-ray binaries, Alexandra Tetarenko
 

Contributed Talks

Properties of the type-C quasi-periodic oscillations of MAXI J1348-630 using NICER, Kevin Alabarta
Long-term X-ray variability of the ULX M81 X-6: black hole or neutron star accretor?, Roberta Amato
Variability in tilted, truncated discs around black holes, Deepika Bollimpalli
The inner flow geometry in MAXI J1820+070 during hard and hard-intermediate states, Barbara De Marco
Evaluating the jet/accretion coupling of Aql X-1: probing the contribution of accretion flow spectral components, Stefanie Fijma
Testing the Lense–Thirring plane for Ultraluminous X-ray sources, Andrés Gúrpide Lasheras
Spectro-Timing analysis of Cyg X-1 with NICER+NuSTAR, Ole König
Modeling energy-dependent aperiodic variability of black hole X-ray binaries, Tenyo Kawamura
Using X-ray Eclipse Mapping to Constrain the Mass of the Black Hole in the X-ray Binary M33 X-7, Amy Knight
A long stare at Hercules X-1: investigating the vertical structure of an accretion disc wind, Peter Kosec
3D RMHD simulations of microquasar jets: from the binary to the ISM, Jose López-Miralles
The stellar wind in Cygnus X-1: a X-ray spectral-timing view, Eleonora Veronica Lai
The Hyperluminous X-ray Source Population, Duncan MacKenzie
Coupling between the accreting corona and the relativistic jet in the micro quasar GRS 1915+105, Mariano Mendez
Dual Comptonization model for the type-B QPOs in GX 339$-$4, Valentina Peirano
An XMM-Newton view of extreme accretion and ejection in ultraluminous X-ray sources, Ciro Pinto
Multi-wavelength spectral analysis of O star + black hole binaries, Varsha Ramachandran
Unveiling the disc structure in the pulsing ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 1313 X-2 with XMM-Newton, Alessandra Robba
On the infrared coincidence: what is the jet contribution to the X-ray power law in GX 339-4?, David Russell
The role of strongly magnetized disks in the spectral hysteresis of X-ray binaries, Nicolas Scepi
Quasi periodic eruptions from an intermediate mass black hole in an extra-galactic globular cluster?, Andrea Tiengo
The rejection of the requirement of magnetic winds, Ryota Tomaru
IR quasi periodic oscillations from black hole X-ray binaries, Federico Vincentelli
Theory Meets Reality: Testing Accretion Disk Models with LMC X-3 and GRO J1655-40, Anastasiya Yilmaz
Accretion flow, pair production and jet in the black-hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070, Andrzej Zdziarski
 

Posters

Investigation of The Connection Between X-ray Binaries and Compact Star Clusters in NGC 628, Aysun Akyuz
Optical Counterparts of ULXs in NGC 1672, Sinan Allak
A comprehensive, Bayesian analysis of X-ray spectra from the black hole LMXB MAXI J1820+070 using XMM-Newton and NuSTAR., Sachin Dias
Multi-wavelength properties of the black hole transient MAXI J1820+070, Jari J.E. Kajava
Observational Properties of Puffy Accretion Disk, Debora Lančová
Gravitational waves or X-ray counterpart? No need to choose, Raphael Mignon-Risse
Proof-of-principle mass measurement of the black hole X-ray binary H1743-332, Edward Nathan
The current state of Galactic Black Holes Winds observations through X-ray absorption lines, Maxime Parra
Uncovering the peculiarities of the ULX NGC 7793 P9, Alba Rodríguez Castellano
Tracking State Transitions in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries Using a Temporal Scale, Eda Sonbas
Long-term spectral evolution of Cyg X-1 as seen by INTEGRAL, Philipp Thalhammer
The evolution of the corona in MAXI J1535−571 through type-C quasi-periodic oscillations with Insight-HXMT, Yuexin Zhang

COSMOLOGY, SURVEYS, DUAL AGNS

Invited Talks

The Athena observatory and its science objectives, Matteo Guainazzi
 

Contributed Talks

Quasars as high-redshift standard candles, Guido Risaliti
 


 


 

Invited Speakers

R. Arcodia Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
V. Braito Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
E. Cackett Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
A. De Rosa INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma, Italy
M. Diaz Trigo European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
C. Done University of Durham, United Kingdom
M. Guainazzi European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherland
A. Ingram Newcastle University, United Kingdom
S. Komossa Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
G. Matt Universitá degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
M. J. Middleton University of Southampton, United Kingdom
L. Rezzolla Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
C. Ricci Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
A.J. Tetarenko Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA

Scientific Organising Committee (SOC)

Giovanni Miniutti (chair) Centro de Astrobiología, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Stefano Bianchi Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
Bozena Czerny Center for Theoretical Physics, Warsaw, Poland
Barbara De Marco Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Chris Done Durham University, United Kingdom
Michal Dovciak Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Chartas, George College of Charleston, USA
Erin Kara Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Stefanie Komossa Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Sera Markoff University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alex Markowitz Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
Andrea Merloni Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
Sara Elisa Motta Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
Iossif Papadakis University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Christopher Reynolds University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Maria Santos-Lleo European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Norbert Schartel (co-chair) European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Phil Uttley University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marianne Vestergaard University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Natalie Webb Université de Toulouse, France

Local Organising Committee (LOC)

Simone Migliari (Chair), Lucia Ballo, Ignacio de la Calle, Jacobo Ebrero, Felix Fürst, Cristina Hernández, Elena Jiménez, Celia Sánchez, Ivan Valtchanov.

Group Photo