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Section I: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)

1. Definition and classification: BH paradigm, accretion, AGN Radio Loud / Radio quiet, Unified Model

2. AGN Astrophysics: X-ray Properties of AGN-RQ, Emission Models: Comptonization, Absorption & Outflow Properties

3. AGN astrophysics: X-ray reflection, relativistic effects observed in X-ray band

Section II: X-ray detectors and telescopes

1. X-ray detectors: Revealing Techniques

2. Solid State Detectors, Charged Coupled Devices (CCD)

3. collimated and focused optical systems

4. X-ray Telescopes: efficiency, sensitivity, energy resolution, angular resolution, effective area

5. Space Telescopes: ESA / XMM-Newton, NASA / Chandra and NASA / NuStar

Section III Data analysis

1. Analysis tools: study of energy distribution (emission spectrum), study of temporal behavior (light curve), study of variability (power spectrum and reverberation)

2. Statistical/systematics errors

3. background

4. S/N: signal to noise ratio

5. observation and maximization of the S / N

Section IV: XMM-epic data analysis tutorial

1. Searching on data archives

2. Imaging Analysis techniques: DS9

3. Spectral analysis techniques: xspec

4. Temporal analysis techniques: xronos

Section V: Optical band data analysis

Section VI: Write a (Successful?) Observational Proposal

1. Feasibility study

2. Estimating the needed exposure to achieve the scientific goal

3. Target Visibility

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