A Systematic Analysis of the X-Ray Emission in Optically Selected Tidal Disruption Events: Observational Evidence for the Unification of the Optically and X-Ray …

M Guolo, S Gezari, Y Yao, S van Velzen… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a systematic analysis of the X-ray emission of a sample of 17 optically selected,
X-ray-detected tidal disruption events (TDEs) discovered between 2014 and 2021. The X …

AT2018dyk revisited: a tidal disruption event candidate with prominent infrared echo and delayed X-ray emission in a LINER galaxy

S Huang, N Jiang, Z Lin, J Zhu… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The multiwavelength data of nuclear transient AT2018dyk, initially discovered as a changing-
look low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER) galaxy, has been revisited by us …

The extremes of continuum and emission-line variability of AGN: Changing-look events and binary SMBHS

S Komossa, D Grupe - Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2024 - doiserbia.nb.rs
The extremes of emission-line and continuum variability of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are
unique probes of the physics and geometry of the central engine. This review provides an …

Swift/UVOT discovery of Swift J221951−484240: a UV luminous ambiguous nuclear transient

SR Oates, NPM Kuin, M Nicholl… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We report the discovery of Swift J221951− 484240 (hereafter: J221951), a luminous slow-
evolving blue transient that was detected by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory …

AT2023vto: An Exceptionally Luminous Helium Tidal Disruption Event from a Massive Star

H Kumar, E Berger, D Hiramatsu… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present optical/UV observations and the spectroscopic classification of the transient
AT2023vto as a tidal disruption event (TDE) at z= 0.4846. The spectrum is dominated by a …

A systematically-selected sample of luminous, long-duration, ambiguous nuclear transients

P Wiseman, RD Williams, I Arcavi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
We present a search for luminous, long-duration ambiguous nuclear transients (ANTs)
similar to the unprecedented discovery of the extreme, ambiguous event AT2021lwx with a> …

Topology-induced quantum transition in multiparticle systems in vicinity of a black hole

JE Jacak - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The qualitative change of the type of particle trajectory homotopy in close vicinity of general-
relativistic gravitational singularity affects quantum statistics in systems of identical …

Enabling science from the Rubin alert stream with Lasair

RD Williams, GP Francis, A Lawrence… - RAS Techniques …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Lasair is the UK Community Broker for transient alerts from the Legacy Survey of Space and
Time from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. We explain the system's capabilities, how users …

[HTML][HTML] Modification of Premises for the Black Hole Information Paradox Caused by Topological Constraints in the Event Horizon Vicinity

JE Jacak - Entropy, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We demonstrate that at the rim of the photon sphere of a black hole, the quantum statistics
transition takes place in any multi-particle system of indistinguishable particles, which …

Long Plateau Doth So: How Internal Heating Sources Affect Hydrogen-Rich Supernova Light Curves

T Matsumoto, BD Metzger, JA Goldberg - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.13731, 2024 - arxiv.org
Some hydrogen-rich core-collapse supernovae (type IIP SNe) exhibit evidence for a
sustained energy source powering their light curves, resulting in a brighter and/or longer …