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Probing the Black Hole Engine with Measurements of the Relativistic X-ray Reflection Component

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arxiv 1903.07130 v1 pith:HMHBHY7N submitted 2019-03-17 astro-ph.HE

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Over the last decades X-ray spectroscopy has proven to be a powerful tool for the estimation of black hole spin and several other key parameters in dozens of AGN and black hole X-ray binaries. In this White Paper, we discuss the observational and theoretical challenges expected in the exploration, discovery, and study of astrophysical black holes in the next decade. We focus on the case of accreting black holes and their electromagnetic signatures, with particular emphasis on the measurement of the relativistic reflection component in their X-ray spectra.

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