NARROW-LINE SEYFERT LS ARE A LINCHPIN TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICS OF ACCRETION IN SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES AS THEY PROVIDE A DIRECT VIEW OF THE INNERMOST REGIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GAS INFALL AND OUTFLOW. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE NEWLY DISCOVERED SUBCLASS OF GAMMA-RAY LOUD NLSLS WHICH IN ADDITION TO THEIR NEAR-EDDINGTON LUMINOSITIES ALSO SHOW CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR MECHANICAL OUTFLOWS IN THE FORM OF RELATIVISTIC JETS. IT IS DEBATED WHETHER THE X-RAY EMISSION IN THESE OBJECTS ORIGINATES IN THE DISC/CORONA OR IF IT IS PRODUCED FURTHER OUT IN THE JET. WE PROPOSE TO BREAK THIS DEGENERACY BY SEARCHING FOR X-RAY REVERBERATION LAGS AND ULTRAFAST OUTFLOWS IN THE PROTOTYPE GAMMA-RAY LOUD NLSL 1H0323+342. IF SHORT TIMESCALE LAGS EXIST BETWEEN THE CONTINUUM AND SOFT EXCESS AND/OR IRON K LINE THIS WILL SUGGEST THAT THE ORIGIN OF THE X-RAY EMISSION IS THE CORONA LEADING TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISC CORONA WIND JET CONNECTION IN SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES. WE REQUEST 250 KS OF XMM-NEWTON AND 125 KS OF NUSTAR TIME.
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