12 papers
The emergence of X-ray emission lines during relativistic radio-jet formation in the changing-look active galactic nucleus 1ES 1927+654
Dev R. Sadaula, Sibasish Laha, Eileen T. Meyer +27
We present results from a comprehensive multi-wavelength monitoring campaign of the changing-look active galactic nucleus 1ES 1927+654 during the onset and evolution of a relativis…
A Suppressed Volumetric Rate of High-Luminosity Mid-Infrared Selected Tidal Disruption Events
Prajna Nair, Christos Panagiotou, Megan Masterson +4
Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) serve as direct probes of the population of supermassive black holes in the center of galaxies and are nowadays regularly detected in optical wide-fi…
Disappearance of a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy due to formation of a black hole
Kishalay De, Morgan MacLeod, Jacob E. Jencson +11
When a massive star reaches the end of its lifetime, its core collapses and releases neutrinos that drive a shock into the outer layers (stellar envelope). A sufficiently strong sh…
A NICER view of the corona through time-dependent Comptonization of the quasi-periodic oscillations in nine black-hole X-ray binaries
Yuexin Zhang, Mariano Méndez, James F. Steiner +12
We present a systematic study of the evolution of the corona geometry in nine black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs) using archival data from NICER. We identify 171 observations exhibi…
Testing the Association of Supermassive Black Hole Infrared Flares and High-energy Neutrinos
Megan Wang, Christos Panagiotou, Kishalay De +3
The physical origin of the observed cosmic neutrinos remains an open question and the subject of active research. While matter accretion onto supermassive black holes is long thoug…
The 2025 Failed Outburst of IGR J17091-3624: Spectral Evolution and the Role of Ionized Absorbers
Oluwashina K. Adegoke, Javier A. Garcia, Guglielmo Mastroserio +15
IGR J17091-3624 is the only black hole X-ray binary candidate, aside from the well-studied black hole system GRS 1915+105, observed to exhibit a wide range of structured variabilit…