Third Athena Scientific Conference 2022: Exploring the Hot and Energetic Universe
Published October 26, 2022 | Version v1
Poster Open

Reverberation Mapping with the Athena WFI

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Remeis-Observatory & ECAP, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg
  • 2. MIT
  • 3. INAF
  • 4. CRESST University of Maryland & NASA GSFC
  • 5. MPE
  • 6. Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam

Description

Black hole binaries show time lags between direct photons from the corona and reflected photons from the accretion disk. Using this “reverberation”, one can map the system’s geometry, which is otherwise far beyond the resolution  limit of any telescope. We use SIXTE to test the temporal detection limit of time lags in the Athena WFI Fast Detector.

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