Publications (6)
Unraveling the Nature of the Nuclear Transient AT2020adpi
Paarmita Pandey, Jason Hinkle, Christopher Kochanek +13
Transient events associated with supermassive black holes provide rare opportunities to study accretion and the environments of supermassive black holes. We present a multiwaveleng…
Using Infrared Dust Echoes to Identify Bright Quasi-periodic Eruption Sources
Dheeraj R. Pasham, Eric Coughlin, Sjoert van Velzen +1
Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are recurring soft X-ray outbursts from galactic nuclei and represent an intriguing new class of transients. Currently, 10 QPE sources are reported…
The Extremely Metal-Poor SN 2023ufx: A Local Analog to High-Redshift Type II Supernovae
Michael A. Tucker, Jason Hinkle, Charlotte R. Angus +26
We present extensive observations of the Type II supernova (SN II) 2023ufx which is likely the most metal-poor SN II observed to-date. It exploded in the outskirts of a low-metalli…
The Dynamic, Chimeric Inner Disk of PDS 70
Eric Gaidos, Thanawuth Thanathibodee, Andrew Hoffman +4
Transition disks, with inner regions depleted in dust and gas, could represent later stages of protoplanetary disk evolution when newly-formed planets are emerging. The PDS 70 syst…
The AGN Optical Variability Fundamental Plane
Ashley Tarrant, Jason Hinkle, Benjamin Shappee +10
We investigate the relationship between AGN optical variability timescales, amplitudes, and supermassive black hole (SMBH) masses using homogeneous light curves from the All-Sky Au…
A Case for a Binary Black Hole System Revealed via Quasi-Periodic Outflows
Dheeraj R. Pasham, Francesco Tombesi, Petra Sukova +33
Binaries containing a compact object orbiting a supermassive black hole are thought to be precursors of gravitational wave events, but their identification has been extremely chall…