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astro-ph.HE2020★ 24 cited

The NANOGrav 12.5-Year Data Set: Monitoring Interstellar Scattering Delays

Jacob E. Turner, Maura A. McLaughlin, James M. Cordes +33

We extract interstellar scintillation parameters for pulsars observed by the NANOGrav radio pulsar timing program. Dynamic spectra for the observing epochs of each pulsar were used…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 16 cited

A New Transient Ultraluminous X-ray Source in NGC 7090

D. J. Walton, M. Heida, M. Bachetti +17

We report on the discovery of a new, transient ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in the galaxy NGC 7090. This new ULX, which we refer to as NGC 7090 ULX3, was discovered via monitor…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 62 cited

NuSTAR Survey of Obscured Swift/BAT-selected Active Galactic Nuclei: II. Median High-energy Cutoff in Seyfert II Hard X-ray Spectra

M. Baloković, F. A. Harrison, G. Madejski +16

Broadband X-ray spectroscopy of the X-ray emission produced in the coronae of active galactic nuclei (AGN) can provide important insights into the physical conditions very close to…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 94 cited

The 60 pc Environment of FRB 20180916B

Shriharsh P. Tendulkar, Armando Gil de Paz, Aida Yu. Kirichenko +18

Fast Radio Burst FRB 20180916B in its host galaxy SDSS J015800.28+654253.0 at 149 Mpc is by far the closest-known FRB with a robust host galaxy association. The source also exhibit…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 10 cited

Chandra Observations of Abell 2261 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, a Candidate Host to a Recoiling Black Hole

Kayhan Gultekin, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Tod R. Lauer +4

We use Chandra X-ray observations to look for evidence of a recoiling black hole from the brightest cluster galaxy in Abell 2261 (A2261-BCG). A2261-BCG is a strong candidate for a…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 74 cited

A Family Tree of Optical Transients from Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies

Sara Frederick, Suvi Gezari, Matthew J. Graham +17

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) has discovered five new events belonging to an emerging class of AGN undergoing smooth flares with large amplitudes and rapid rise times. This s…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 11 cited

A luminous X-ray transient in SDSS J143359.16+400636.0: a likely tidal disruption event

Murray Brightman, Charlotte Ward, Daniel Stern +9

We present the discovery of a luminous X-ray transient, serendipitously detected by Swift's X-ray Telescope (XRT) on 2020 February 5, located in the nucleus of the galaxy SDSS J143…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 121 cited

Astrophysics Milestones For Pulsar Timing Array Gravitational Wave Detection

Nihan S. Pol, Stephen R. Taylor, Luke Zoltan Kelley +49

The NANOGrav Collaboration reported strong Bayesian evidence for a common-spectrum stochastic process in its 12.5-yr pulsar timing array dataset, with median characteristic strain…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 6 cited

A search for ultrahigh-energy neutrinos associated with astrophysical sources using the third flight of ANITA

C. Deaconu, L. Batten, P. Allison +60

The ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) long-duration balloon experiment is sensitive to interactions of ultra high-energy (E > 10^{18} eV) neutrinos in the Antarctic ice…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 25 cited

A Full Characterisation of the Supermassive Black Hole in IRAS 09149-6206

D. J. Walton, W. N. Alston, P. Kosec +11

We present new broadband X-ray observations of the type-I Seyfert galaxy IRAS 09149-6206, taken in 2018 with -, and . The source is highly complex, sho…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 104 cited

Optical follow-up of the neutron star-black hole mergers S200105ae and S200115j

Shreya Anand, Michael W. Coughlin, Mansi M. Kasliwal +46

LIGO and Virgo's third observing run (O3) revealed the first neutron star-black hole (NSBH) merger candidates in gravitational waves. These events are predicted to synthesize r-pro…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 39 cited

The Chandra Deep Wide-Field Survey: A New Chandra Legacy Survey in the Boötes Field I. X-ray Point Source Catalog, Number Counts and Multi-Wavelength Counterparts

A. Masini, R. C. Hickox, C. M. Carroll +30

We present a new, ambitious survey performed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the 9.3 deg Boötes field of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey. The wide field probes a statisti…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 32 cited

Multiwavelength Radio Observations of Two Repeating Fast Radio Burst Sources: FRB 121102 and FRB 180916.J0158+65

Aaron B. Pearlman, Walid A. Majid, Thomas A. Prince +4

The spectra of fast radio bursts (FRBs) encode valuable information about the source's local environment, underlying emission mechanism(s), and the intervening media along the line…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 88 cited

The NICER View of the 2020 Burst Storm and Persistent Emission of SGR 1935+2154

George Younes, Tolga Guver, Chryssa Kouveliotou +12

We report on NICER observations of the Magnetar SGR~1935+2154, covering its 2020 burst storm and long-term persistent emission evolution up to days post outburst. During t…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 33 cited

NICER Observation of the Temporal and Spectral Evolution of Swift J1818.0-1607: a Missing Link between Magnetars and Rotation Powered Pulsars

Chin-Ping Hu, Beste Begicarslan, Tolga Guver +13

We report on the hard X-ray burst and the first ~100 days NICER monitoring of the soft X-ray temporal and spectral evolution of the newly-discovered magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607. Th…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 30 cited

A hard look at local, optically-selected, obscured Seyfert galaxies

E. S. Kammoun, J. M. Miller, M. Koss +11

We study the X-ray spectra of a sample of 19 obscured, optically-selected Seyfert galaxies (Sy 1.8, 1.9 and 2) in the local universe (~Mpc), drawn from the CfA Seyfert…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 28 cited

The Slow Demise of the Long-Lived SN 2005ip

Ori D. Fox, Claes Fransson, Nathan Smith +16

The Type IIn supernova (SN) 2005ip is one of the most well-studied and long-lasting examples of a SN interacting with its circumstellar environment. The optical light curve plateau…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 33 cited

Unusual Near-horizon Cosmic-ray-like Events Observed by ANITA-IV

ANITA Collaboration, P. W. Gorham, A. Ludwig +57

ANITA's fourth long-duration balloon flight in late 2016 detected 29 cosmic-ray (CR)-like events on a background of anthropogenic events. CRs are mainly seen…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 96 cited

A Distant Fast Radio Burst Associated to its Host Galaxy with the Very Large Array

C. J. Law, B. J. Butler, J. X. Prochaska +17

We present the discovery and subarcsecond localization of a new Fast Radio Burst with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array and realfast search system. The FRB was discovered on 2019…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 18 cited

The stringent upper limit on jet power in the persistent soft state source 4U~1957+11

Thomas J. Maccarone, Arlo Osler, James C. A. Miller-Jones +5

We present extremely deep upper limits on the radio emission from 4U~1957+11, an X-ray binary that is generally believed to be a persistently accreting black hole that is almost al…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 29 cited

VLA/Realfast Detection of a Burst from FRB180916.J0158+65 and Tests for Periodic Activity

Kshitij Aggarwal, Casey J. Law, Sarah Burke-Spolaor +5

We report on the detection of a burst from FRB180916 by realfast/VLA and present software for interpreting fast radio bursts (FRB) periodicity. We demonstrate a range of periodicit…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 400 cited

Candidate Electromagnetic Counterpart to the Binary Black Hole Merger Gravitational Wave Event S190521g

M. J. Graham, K. E. S. Ford, B. McKernan +24

We report the first plausible optical electromagnetic (EM) counterpart to a (candidate) binary black hole (BBH) merger. Detected by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), the EM flar…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 26 cited

Observations of Four Nearby X-ray Faint AGN: Low Luminosity or Heavy Obscuration?

A. Annuar, D. M. Alexander, P. Gandhi +20

We present observations of four active galactic nuclei (AGN) located within 15 Mpc. These AGN, namely ESO 121-G6, NGC 660, NGC 3486 and NGC 5195, have observed X-ray lumin…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 11 cited

Constraining X-ray reflection in the low-luminosity AGN NGC 3718 using NuSTAR and XMM--Newton

Y. Diaz, P. Arévalo, L. Hernández-García +9

One distinctive feature of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN) is the relatively weak reflection features they may display in the X-ray spectrum, which can result from th…