5 papers
Spatially resolved optical and mid-infrared spectroscopy of SDSS1335+0728: implications for the origin of the Ansky event
P. Sánchez-Sáez, M. Masterson, L. Hernández-GarcÃa +25
The galaxy SDSS1335+0728 brightened abruptly in December 2019 (the Ansky event) and has since been confirmed as the host of extreme X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) of debated…
A positive period derivative in the quasi-periodic eruptions of ZTF19acnskyy
Joheen Chakraborty, Saul A. Rappaport, Riccardo Arcodia +9
We report the first direct measurement of the period derivative in a quasi-periodic eruption (QPE), finding a smoothly increasing period with $\dot{P}\approx (1.7\pm 0.02)\times10^…
NICER observations reveal doubled timescales in Ansky's quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs)
L. Hernández-GarcÃa, P. Sánchez-Sáez, J. Chakraborty +11
Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are recurring X-ray bursts originating from the vicinity of supermassive black holes, but their driving mechanisms remain under debate. This study a…
Discovery of extreme Quasi-Periodic Eruptions in a newly accreting massive black hole
Lorena Hernández-GarcÃa, Joheen Chakraborty, Paula Sánchez-Sáez +27
Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are rapid, recurring X-ray bursts from supermassive black holes, believed to result from interactions between accretion disks and surrounding matter…
AT 2021hdr: A candidate tidal disruption of a gas cloud by a binary super massive black hole system
L. Hernández-GarcÃa, A. M. Muñoz-Arancibia, P. Lira +25
With a growing number of facilities able to monitor the entire sky and produce light curves with a cadence of days, in recent years there has been an increased rate of detection of…