AGN OUTFLOWS COUPLE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTS. USING AN AMBITIOUS MULTI-WAVELENGTH CAMPAIGN ON NGC 7469 LED BY XMM-NEWTON HST SWIFT NUS- TAR AND OPTICAL WE PROPOSE TO ACHIEVE NEW PHYSICAL INSIGHTS INTO THESE ENIGMATIC WINDS BY OBTAINING THE DEEPEST EVER RGS SPECTRUM OF THIS HIGHLY ACCRETING SOURCE. IT WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE THE ACCURATE IONISATION AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE WIND. USING EPIC AND RGS WE WILL MEASURE THE RESPONSE OF THE OUTFLOW TO CONTINUUM VARIATIONS WHICH COMBINED WITH HST/COS DATA WILL UNAMBIGUOUSLY DETERMINE THE LOCATION AND ABUNDANCES OF THE OUTFLOW COMPONENTS. OUR TEAM PIONEERED THIS APPROACH AND APPLIED IT SUCCESSFULLY (14 REFEREED PAPERS) TO MRK 509 THAT FEATURED ONLY A MULTI-YEAR RESPONSE.

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