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astro-ph.HE2018★ 267 cited
An embedded X-ray source shines through the aspherical AT2018cow: revealing the inner workings of the most luminous fast-evolving optical transients
Raffaella Margutti, B. D. Metzger, R. Chornock +41
We present the first extensive radio to gamma-ray observations of a fast-rising blue optical transient (FBOT), AT2018cow, over its first ~100 days. AT2018cow rose over a few days t…
astro-ph.HE2018★ 86 cited
A Remarkably Loud Quasi-Periodicity after a Star is Disrupted by a Massive Black Hole
Dheeraj R. Pasham, Ronald A. Remillard, P. Chris Fragile +9
The immense tidal forces of massive black holes can rip apart stars that come too close to them. As the resulting stellar debris spirals inwards, it heats up and emits x-rays when…