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20142026
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154 citations · 630 across the 31 of their papers we have counts for

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33 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

An Off-Nuclear Tidal Disruption Event Discovered At Late Times: The Case Of TDE 2023mfm

Itai Sfaradi, Ryan Chornock, Yuhan Yao +24

We present the discovery and analysis of the optically selected tidal disruption event (TDE) 2023mfm, which originates from a wandering massive black hole (MBH) in a massive ($\sim…

astro-ph.EP2026

Discovery of radio emission from the exoplanet Pictoris b

Kevin N. Ortiz Ceballos, Edo Berger, Yvette Cendes

Planetary magnetic fields shape atmospheric escape, mediate interactions with stellar winds, and encode information about planetary interiors, yet they have not been directly measu…

astro-ph.HE2026

One year of broadband radio monitoring of the enigmatic transient GRB 250702B reveals the evolution of the relativistic jet

A. J. Goodwin, James C. A. Miller-Jones, Itai Sfaradi +18

We present an extensive radio monitoring campaign of the unique extragalactic transient GRB 250702B, with observations spanning 0.65-233 GHz from 6-356 d (observer frame) post-disc…

astro-ph.HE2026

Radio Observations of the Unusual Tidal Disruption Event AT 2022wtn: a Fast and Highly Energetic Outflow

Gavin Farley, Tanmoy Laskar, Noah Franz +11

We present multi-epoch, multi-frequency radio observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) AT 2022wtn, obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Giant Metrewa…

astro-ph.HE2026

VLA Observations Confirm AT 2023mfm as an Off-nuclear Tidal Disruption Event

Wenkai Li, Collin T. Christy, Kate D. Alexander +15

We report new radio observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) AT 2023mfm, which we identified as a high-confidence candidate in a systematic search for off-nuclear TDEs. Hig…

astro-ph.EP2025

A Radio Search for Star-Planet Interaction in TOI-540 and SPECULOOS-3

Kevin N. Ortiz Ceballos, Yvette Cendes, Edo Berger

We present the first targeted centimeter-band radio observations of two recently-discovered exoplanet systems that are prime candidates for magnetic star-planet interaction (SPI):…

astro-ph.HE2025

The 6 year radio lightcurve of the tidal disruption event AT2019azh

Matthew Burn, Adelle J. Goodwin, Gemma E. Anderson +5

Analysis of radio emission from tidal disruption events allows for detailed constraints on the properties of ejected outflows and the host environment surrounding the black hole. H…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Dichotomy in Long-Lived Radio Emission from Tidal Disruption Events AT 2020zso and AT 2021sdu: Multi-Component Outflows vs. Host Contamination

Collin T. Christy, Kate D. Alexander, Tanmoy Laskar +16

We present a detailed radio study of the tidal disruption events (TDEs) AT 2020zso and AT 2021sdu. Both exhibit transient radio emission beginning shortly after optical discovery a…

astro-ph.HE2025

Radio Emission from the Infrared Tidal Disruption Event WTP14adeqka: The First Directly Resolved Delayed Outflow from a TDE

Walter W. Golay, Edo Berger, Yvette Cendes +10

We present detailed radio observations of the mid-infrared (MIR) tidal disruption event (TDE) WTP14adeqka. We detect rising radio emission starting years after the disc…

astro-ph.HE2025

The First Radio-Bright Off-Nuclear TDE 2024tvd Reveals the Fastest-Evolving Double-Peaked Radio Emission

Itai Sfaradi, Raffaella Margutti, Ryan Chornock +34

We present the first multi-epoch broadband radio and millimeter monitoring of an off-nuclear TDE using the VLA, ALMA, ATA, AMI-LA, and the SMA. The off-nuclear TDE 2024tvd exhibits…

astro-ph.HE2025

Continued Rapid Radio Brightening of the Tidal Disruption Event AT2018hyz

Yvette Cendes, Edo Berger, Paz Beniamini +15

We present ongoing radio observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) AT2018hyz, which was first detected in the radio at 972 days after disruption, following multiple non-dete…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

The Multi-Wavelength Context of Delayed Radio Emission in TDEs: Evidence for Accretion-Driven Outflows

Kate D. Alexander, Raffaella Margutti, Sebastian Gomez +20

Recent observations presented in Cendes et al. (2024a) show that optically selected tidal disruption events (TDEs) commonly produce delayed radio emission that can peak years post-…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions years after a nearby tidal disruption event

M. Nicholl, D. R. Pasham, A. Mummery +61

Quasi-periodic Eruptions (QPEs) are luminous bursts of soft X-rays from the nuclei of galaxies, repeating on timescales of hours to weeks. The mechanism behind these rare systems i…

astro-ph.HE2024

AT2023vto: An Exceptionally Luminous Helium Tidal Disruption Event from a Massive Star

Harsh Kumar, Edo Berger, Daichi Hiramatsu +10

We present optical/UV observations and the spectroscopic classification of the transient AT2023vto as a tidal disruption event (TDE) at z = 0.4846. The spectrum is dominated by a b…

astro-ph.HE2024

Eight Years of Light from ASASSN-15oi: Towards Understanding the Late-time Evolution of TDEs

A. Hajela, K. D. Alexander, R. Margutti +26

We present the results from an extensive follow-up campaign of the Tidal Disruption Event (TDE) ASASSN-15oi spanning d, offering an unprecedented window into th…

astro-ph.EP2024

A Volume-Limited Radio Search for Magnetic Activity in 140 Exoplanets with the Very Large Array

Kevin N. Ortiz Ceballos, Yvette Cendes, Edo Berger +1

We present results from a search for radio emission in 77 stellar systems hosting 140 exoplanets, predominantly within 17.5 pc using the Very Large Array (VLA) at GHz. This i…

astro-ph.HE2024

The Peculiar Radio Evolution of the Tidal Disruption Event ASASSN-19bt

Collin T. Christy, Kate D. Alexander, Yvette Cendes +15

We present detailed radio observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-19bt/AT2019ahk, obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), the Atacama Large Mill…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 16 cited

Late-time X-ray Observations of the Jetted Tidal Disruption Event AT2022cmc: The Relativistic Jet Shuts Off

T. Eftekhari, A. Tchekhovskoy, K. D. Alexander +9

The tidal disruption event (TDE) AT2022cmc represents the fourth known example of a relativistic jet produced by the tidal disruption of a stray star providing a unique probe of th…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

No X-Rays or Radio from the Nearest Black Holes and Implications for Future Searches

Antonio C. Rodriguez, Yvette Cendes, Kareem El-Badry +1

Astrometry from the Gaia mission was recently used to discover the two nearest known stellar-mass black holes (BHs), Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2. Both systems contain …

astro-ph.HE2023★ 4 cited

JWST Observations of the Extraordinary GRB 221009A Reveal an Ordinary Supernova Without Signs of -Process Enrichment in a Low-Metallicity Galaxy

Peter K. Blanchard, V. Ashley Villar, Ryan Chornock +18

Identifying the astrophysical sites of the -process, one of the primary mechanisms by which heavy elements are formed, is a key goal of modern astrophysics. The discovery of the…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

Ubiquitous Late Radio Emission from Tidal Disruption Events

Yvette Cendes, Edo Berger, Kate D. Alexander +9

We present radio observations of 23 optically discovered tidal disruption events (TDEs) on timescales of 500-3200 days post discovery. We detect nine new TDEs that did not have det…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 43 cited

Millimeter Observations of the Type II SN2023ixf: Constraints on the Proximate Circumstellar Medium

Edo Berger, Garrett K. Keating, Raffaella Margutti +10

We present 1.3 mm (230 GHz) observations of the recent and nearby Type II supernova, SN2023ixf, obtained with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at 2.6-18.6 days after explosion. The ob…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 19 cited

Multiple Peaks and a Long Precursor in the Type IIn Supernova 2021qqp: An Energetic Explosion in a Complex Circumstellar Environment

Daichi Hiramatsu, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Edo Berger +14

We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the Type IIn supernova (SN) 2021qqp. Its unusual light curve is marked by a long precursor for days, a rapid increase…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 45 cited

A radio-emitting outflow produced by the tidal disruption event AT2020vwl

A. J. Goodwin, K. D. Alexander, J. C. A. Miller-Jones +12

A tidal disruption event (TDE) occurs when a star is destroyed by a supermassive black hole. Broadband radio spectral observations of TDEs trace the emission from any outflows or j…