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Reverberation evidence for Stream Collision and Delayed Disk Formation in Tidal Disruption Events
Hengxiao Guo, Jingbo Sun, Shuang-Liang Li +9
When a star passes through the tidal disruption radius of a massive black hole (BH), it can be torn apart by the tidal force of the BH, known as the Tidal Disruption Event (TDE). S…
: An Accurate Photometric Classifier for Tidal Disruption Events
Robert Stein, Ashish Mahabal, Simeon Reusch +12
Optical surveys have become increasingly adept at identifying candidate Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) in large numbers, but classifying these generally requires extensive spectros…
Minutes-duration Optical Flares with Supernova Luminosities
Anna Y. Q. Ho, Daniel A. Perley, Ping Chen +74
In recent years, certain luminous extragalactic optical transients have been observed to last only a few days. Their short observed duration implies a different powering mechanism…
Prospects for Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Science with AXIS
The AXIS Time-Domain, Multi-Messenger Science Working Group, : +19
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) promises revolutionary science in the X-ray and multi-messenger time domain. AXIS will leverage excellent spatial resolution (<1.5 arcse…
A 12.4 day periodicity in a close binary system after a supernova
Ping Chen, Avishay Gal-Yam, Jesper Sollerman +37
Neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes are the remnants of massive star explosions. Most massive stars reside in close binary systems, and the interplay between the companion s…
VLASS tidal disruption events with optical flares I: the sample and a comparison to optically-selected TDEs
Jean J. Somalwar, Vikram Ravi, Dillon Z. Dong +11
In this work, we use the Jansky VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) to compile the first sample of six radio-selected tidal disruption events (TDEs) with transient optical counterparts. While w…
The first systematically identified repeating partial tidal disruption event
Jean J. Somalwar, Vikram Ravi, Yuhan Yao +13
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star enters the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole (SMBH). If the star only grazes the tidal radius, a fraction of the stellar ma…
X-ray eruptions every 22 days from the nucleus of a nearby galaxy
Muryel Guolo, Dheeraj R. Pasham, Michal Zajaček +15
Galactic nuclei showing recurrent phases of activity and quiescence have recently been discovered, with recurrence times as short as a few hours to a day -- known as quasi-periodic…
A systematic analysis of the X-ray emission in optically selected tidal disruption events: observational evidence for the unification of the optically and X-ray selected populations
Muryel Guolo, Suvi Gezari, Yuhan Yao +4
We present a systematic analysis of the X-ray emission of a sample of 17 optically selected, X-ray-detected tidal disruption events (TDEs) discovered between 2014 and 2021. The X-r…
The On-axis Jetted Tidal Disruption Event AT2022cmc: X-ray Observations and Broadband Spectral Modeling
Yuhan Yao, Wenbin Lu, Fiona Harrison +5
AT2022cmc was recently reported as the first on-axis jetted tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered in the last decade, and the fourth on-axis jetted TDE candidate known so far. In…
Integral Field Spectroscopy of 13 Tidal Disruption Event Hosts from the ZTF Survey
Erica Hammerstein, S. Bradley Cenko, Suvi Gezari +6
The host galaxies of tidal disruption events (TDEs) have been shown to possess peculiar properties, including high central light concentrations, unusual star-formation histories, a…
Probing pre-supernova mass loss in double-peaked Type Ibc supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility
Kaustav K. Das, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Jesper Sollerman +34
Eruptive mass loss of massive stars prior to supernova (SN) explosion is key to understanding their evolution and end fate. An observational signature of pre-SN mass loss is the de…
Long-rising Type II Supernovae in the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe
Tawny Sit, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Anastasios Tzanidakis +25
SN 1987A was an unusual hydrogen-rich core-collapse supernova originating from a blue supergiant star. Similar blue supergiant explosions remain a small family of events, and are b…
1100 days in the life of the supernova 2018ibb -- The best pair-instability supernova candidate, to date
Steve Schulze, Claes Fransson, Alexandra Kozyreva +63
Abridged - Stars with ZAMS masses between 140 and are thought to explode as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe). During their thermonuclear runaway, PISNe can produce…
Tidal Disruption Event Demographics with the Zwicky Transient Facility: Volumetric Rates, Luminosity Function, and Implications for the Local Black Hole Mass Function
Yuhan Yao, Vikram Ravi, Suvi Gezari +26
We conduct a systematic tidal disruption event (TDE) demographics analysis using the largest sample of optically selected TDEs. A flux-limited, spectroscopically complete sample of…
Collapsars as Sites of r-process Nucleosynthesis: Systematic Near-Infrared Follow-up of Type Ic-BL Supernovae
Shreya Anand, Jennifer Barnes, Sheng Yang +41
One of the open questions following the discovery of GW170817 is whether neutron star mergers are the only astrophysical sites capable of producing -process elements. Simulation…
A Systematic Study of Ia-CSM Supernovae from the ZTF Bright Transient Survey
Yashvi Sharma, Jesper Sollerman, Christoffer Fremling +35
Among the supernovae (SNe) that show strong interaction with the circumstellar medium, there is a rare subclass of Type Ia supernovae, SNe Ia-CSM, that show strong narrow hydrogen…