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20172026
most citedMid-infrared variability of changing-look AGN

148 citations · 828 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

EP J062132.0+623837: A Multi-wavelength Study of a Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus Discovered by Einstein Probe

Lin-Na Xu, Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang +15

EP J062132.0+623837 is a new X-ray source identified in 14-day binned survey data from the Wide-field X-ray Telescope aboard the Einstein Probe (EP). Subsequent X-ray observations…

astro-ph.GA2026

An Obscured Tidal Disruption Event Uncovered by Its Mid- and Near-Infrared Dust Echo in a Star-Forming Galaxy

Hui Liu, Luming Sun, Ning Jiang +8

We present a comprehensive study of an infrared (IR) flare in the star-forming galaxy SDSS J010320.39+140152.5, which is selected from the sample of mid-IR (MIR) outbursts in nearb…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Unveiling the Cosmic Dance of Repeated Nuclear Transient ASASSN-14ko: Insights from Multiwavelength Observations

Shifeng Huang, Tinggui Wang, Ning Jiang +15

ASASSN-14ko is a periodically repeating nuclear transient. We conducted high-cadence, multiwavelength observations of this source, revealing several recurrent early bumps and rebri…

astro-ph.GA2024

Could the inter-band lag of active galactic nucleus vary randomly?

Zhen-Bo Su, Zhen-Yi Cai, Jun-Xian Wang +18

The inter-band lags among the optical broad-band continua of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been intensively explored over the past decade. However, the nature of the lags rema…

astro-ph.CO2024

Magnetically arrested disks in FR I radio galaxies

Han He, Bei You, Ning Jiang +5

A sample of 17 FR I radio galaxies constructed from the 3CR catalog, which is characterized by edge-darkened radio structures, is studied. The optical core luminosities derived fro…

astro-ph.HE2024

Magnetar as the Central Engine of AT2018cow: Optical, Soft X-Ray, and Hard X-Ray Emission

Long Li, Shu-Qing Zhong, Di Xiao +3

AT2018cow is the most extensively observed and widely studied fast blue optical transient to date; its unique observational properties challenge all existing standard models. In th…

astro-ph.HE2023

ASASSN-18ap: A Dusty Tidal Disruption Event Candidate with an Early Bump in the Light Curve

Yibo Wang, Tingui Wang, Ning Jiang +7

We re-examined the classification of the optical transient ASASSN-18ap, which was initially identified as a supernova (SNe) upon its discovery. Based on newly emerged phenomena, su…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 16 cited

Dissonance in harmony: The UV/optical periodic outbursts of ASASSN-14ko exhibit repeated bumps and rebrightenings

Shifeng Huang, Ning Jiang, Rong-Feng Shen +2

ASASSN-14ko was identified as an abnormal periodic nuclear transient with a potential decreasing period. Its outbursts in the optical and UV bands have displayed a consistent and s…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 117 cited

Sciences with the 2.5-meter Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST)

WFST Collaboration, Tinggui Wang, Guilin Liu +60

The Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) is a dedicated photometric surveying facility being built jointly by the University of Science and Technology of China and the Purple Mountai…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 30 cited

Discovery of ATLAS17jrp as an Optical, X-ray and Infrared Bright TDE in a Star-forming Galaxy

Yibo Wang, Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang +6

We hereby report the discovery of ATLAS17jrp as an extraordinary TDE in star-forming galaxy SDSSJ162034.99+240726.5 in our recent sample of mid-infrared outbursts in nearby galaxie…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 29 cited

Mid-InfraRed Outbursts in Nearby Galaxies (MIRONG). II. Optical Spectroscopic Follow-up

Yibo Wang, Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang +8

Infrared echo has proven to be an effective means to discover transient accretion events of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), such as tidal disruption events (TDEs) and changing-lo…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 54 cited

Evidence of a tidal disruption event in GSN 069 from the abnormal carbon and nitrogen abundance ratio

Zhenfeng Sheng, Tinggui Wang, Gary Ferland +4

GSN 069 is an ultra-soft X-ray active galactic nucleus that previously exhibited a huge X-ray outburst and a subsequent long-term decay. It has recently presented X-ray quasi-perio…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 80 cited

Mid-InfraRed Outburst in Nearby Galaxies (MIRONG) I: Sample Selection and Characterization

Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang, Liming Dou +9

The optical time-domain astronomy has grown rapidly in the past decade but the dynamic infrared sky is rarely explored. Aiming to construct a sample of mid-infrared outburst in nea…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 11 cited

A Mid-infrared Flare in the Active Galaxy MCG-02-04-026: Dust Echo of a Nuclear Transient Event

Luming Sun, Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang +8

We report the discovery of a mid-infrared (MIR) flare using WISE data in the center of the nearby Seyfert 1.9 galaxy MCG-02-04-026. The MIR flare began in the first half of 2014, p…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 33 cited

High-redshift Extreme Variability Quasars from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Multi-Epoch Spectroscopy

Hengxiao Guo, Jiacheng Peng, Kaiwen Zhang +9

We perform a systematic search for high-redshift ( 1.5) extreme variability quasars (EVQs) using repeat spectra from the Sixteenth Data Release of Sloan Digital Sky Survey, wh…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 49 cited

Discovery of A Mg II Changing-look AGN and its Implications for a Unification Sequence of Changing-look AGNs

Hengxiao Guo, Mouyuan Sun, Xin Liu +5

Changing-Look (CL) is a rare phenomenon of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) that exhibit emerging or disappearing broad lines accompanied by continuum variations on astrophysically sh…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 63 cited

Understanding Broad Mg II Variability in Quasars with Photoionization: Implications for Reverberation Mapping and Changing-Look Quasars

Hengxiao Guo, Yue Shen, Zhicheng He +7

The broad Mg II line in quasars has distinct variability properties compared with broad Balmer lines: it is less variable, and usually does not display a "breathing" mode, the incr…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 56 cited

Initial results from a systematic search for changing-look active galactic nuclei selected via mid-infrared variability

Zhenfeng Sheng, Tinggui Wang, Ning Jiang +6

Changing look active-galatic-nuclei (CL AGNs) can yield considerable insight into accretion physics as well as the co-evolution of black holes and their host galaxies. A large samp…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 8 cited

SDSS J153636.22+044127.0 and its analogues: shocked outflows, not active binary black holes

Shaohua Zhang, Hongyan Zhou, Xiheng Shi +6

The binary emission-line system, particularly the binary broad-line emission system, is considered the most effective indicator of the black hole binary. A plausible example of suc…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 50 cited

Infrared echo and late-stage rebrightening of nuclear transient PS1-10adi: exploring Torus by tidal disruption event in active galactic nuclei

Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang, Guobin Mou +4

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been overlooked for a long time but tentatively been investigated recently. We report the discovery of a long-l…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 43 cited

Long-Term Decline of the Mid-Infrared Emission of Normal Galaxies: Dust Echo of Tidal Disruption Flare?

Tinggui Wang, Lin Yan, Liming Dou +3

We report the discovery of a sample of 19 low redshift (z<0.22) spectroscopically non-Seyfert galaxies that show slow declining mid-infrared (MIR) light-curves (LCs), similar to th…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 148 cited

Mid-infrared variability of changing-look AGN

Zhenfeng Sheng, Tinggui Wang, Ning Jiang +4

It is known that some active galactic nuclei (AGNs) transited from type 1 to type 2 or vice versa. There are two explanations for the so-called changing look AGNs: one is the drama…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 35 cited

Carbon and Nitrogen Abundance Ratio In the Broad Line Region of Tidal Disruption Events

Chenwei Yang, Tinggui Wang, Gary J. Ferland +4

The rest-frame UV spectra of three recent tidal disruption events (TDEs), ASASSN-14li, PTF15af and iPTF16fnl display strong nitrogen emission lines but weak or undetectable carbon…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 3 cited

Leaked Lya emission: an indicator of the size of quasar absorption outflows

Zhicheng He, Guilin Liu, Tinggui Wang +2

The galactocentric distance of quasar absorption outflows are conventionally determined using absorption troughs from excited states, a method hindered by severely saturated or sel…