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Dwarf AGNs from Optical Variability for the Origins of Seeds (DAVOS): Insights from the Dark Energy Survey Deep Fields
Colin J. Burke, Xin Liu, Yue Shen +69
We present a sample of 706, active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from optical photometric variability in three of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) deep fields (E2, C3, and…
Give Me a Few Hours: Exploring Short Timescales in Rubin Observatory Cadence Simulations
Eric C. Bellm, Colin J. Burke, Michael W. Coughlin +3
The limiting temporal resolution of a time-domain survey in detecting transient behavior is set by the time between observations of the same sky area. We analyze the distribution o…
A Sample Bias in Quasar Variability Studies
Yue Shen, Colin J. Burke
When a flux-limited quasar sample is observed at later times, there will be more dimmed quasars than brightened ones, due to a selection bias induced at the time of sample selectio…
A characteristic optical variability timescale in astrophysical accretion disks
Colin J. Burke, Yue Shen, Omer Blaes +8
Accretion disks around supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei produce continuum radiation at ultraviolet and optical wavelengths. Physical processes in the accretion fl…
Do LIGO/Virgo black hole mergers produce AGN flares? The case of GW190521 and prospects for reaching a confident association
Antonella Palmese, Maya Fishbach, Colin J. Burke +2
The recent report of an association of the gravitational-wave (GW) binary black hole (BBH) merger GW190521 with a flare in the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) J124942.3+344929 has gen…