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most citedOn the Observational Difference Between the Accretion Disk-Corona Connections among Super- and Sub-Eddington Accreting Active Galactic Nuclei

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astro-ph.HE2023★ 13 cited

Strong and Rapid X-ray Variability of the Super-Eddington Accreting Quasar SDSS J081456.10+532533.5

Jian Huang, Bin Luo, W. N. Brandt +6

We report strong and rapid X-ray variability found from the super-Eddington accreting quasar SDSS J081456.10+532533.5 at . It has a black-hole mass of $2.7\times10^{7}{M_…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 23 cited

NuSTAR Observations of Intrinsically X-ray Weak Quasar Candidates: An Obscuration-Only Scenario

Chaojun Wang, B. Luo, W. N. Brandt +6

We utilize recent NuSTAR observations (co-added depth -120 ks) of PG , PG , and PHL 1811 to constrain their hard X-ray ( keV) weakness and…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 17 cited

A Rapid and Large-Amplitude X-ray Dimming Event in a z ~ 2.6 Radio-Quiet Quasar

Hezhen Liu, B. Luo, W. N. Brandt +4

We report a dramatic fast X-ray dimming event in a z=2.627 radio-quiet type 1 quasar, which has an estimated supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass of . In t…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 42 cited

The frequency of extreme X-ray variability of radio-quiet quasars

John D. Timlin, W. Niel Brandt, Shifu Zhu +3

We analyze 1598 serendipitous Chandra X-ray observations of 462 radio-quiet quasars to constrain the frequency of extreme amplitude X-ray variability that is intrinsic to the quasa…

astro-ph.HE2018

The Frequency of Intrinsic X-ray Weakness Among Broad Absorption Line Quasars

Hezhen Liu, B. Luo, W. N. Brandt +2

We present combined Chandra observations of seven broad absorption line (BAL) quasars selected from the Large Bright Quasar Survey (LBQS). Thes…