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most citedAGN STORM 2. VII. A Frequency-resolved Map of the Accretion Disk in Mrk 817: Simultaneous X-ray Reverberation and UVOIR Disk Reprocessing Time Lags

20 citations · 58 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

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…

astro-ph.HE2026

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…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 12 cited

GRB 250702B: Discovery of a Gamma-Ray Burst from a Black Hole Falling into a Star

Eliza Neights, Eric Burns, Chris L. Fryer +52

Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous electromagnetic events in the universe. Their prompt gamma-ray emission has typical durations between a fraction of a second and several minu…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 10 cited

Stratified wind from a super-Eddington X-ray binary is slower than expected

XRISM collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +132

Accretion discs in strong gravity ubiquitously produce winds, seen as blueshifted absorption lines in the X-ray band of both stellar mass X-ray binaries (black holes and neutron st…

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

JWST's First View of Tidal Disruption Events: Compact, Accretion-Driven Emission Lines & Strong Silicate Emission in an Infrared-selected Sample

Megan Masterson, Kishalay De, Christos Panagiotou +7

Mid-infrared (MIR) emission from tidal disruption events (TDEs) is a powerful probe of the circumnuclear environment around dormant supermassive black holes. This emission arises f…

astro-ph.HE2025

Multi-wavelength observations of a jet launch in real time from the post-changing-look Active Galaxy 1ES 1927+654

Sibasish Laha, Eileen T. Meyer, Dev R. Sadaula +34

We present results from a high cadence multi-wavelength observational campaign of the enigmatic changing look AGN 1ES 1927+654 from May 2022- April 2024, coincident with an unprece…

astro-ph.HE2024

Overionized plasma in the supernova remnant Sagittarius A East anchored by XRISM observations

XRISM Collaboration

Sagittarius A East is a supernova remnant with a unique surrounding environment, as it is located in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center, S…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

NICER Spectral and Timing Analysis of 4U 163047 and its Heartbeat State

Ningyue Fan, James F. Steiner, Cosimo Bambi +3

We present a spectral and timing analysis of NICER observations of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47 from 2018 to 2024. We find relativistic reflection features in the hard an…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 9 cited

Connecting the X-ray/UV variability of Fairall 9 with NICER: A Possible Warm Corona

Ethan R. Partington, Edward M. Cackett, Rick Edelson +7

The Seyfert 1 AGN Fairall 9 was targeted by NICER, Swift, and ground-based observatories for a 1000-day long reverberation mapping campaign. The following analysis of NICER s…

astro-ph.HE2024

Characterizing the Broadband Reflection Spectrum of MAXI J1803-298 During its 2021 Outburst with NuSTAR and NICER

Oluwashina Adegoke, Javier Garcia, Riley Connors +12

MAXI J1803-298 is a transient black hole candidate discovered in May of 2021 during an outburst that lasted several months. Multiple X-ray observations reveal recurring "dipping" i…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 5 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

The Interplay between the Disk and Corona of the Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus 1ES 1927+654

Ruancun Li, Claudio Ricci, Luis C. Ho +4

Time-domain studies of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) offer a powerful tool for understanding black hole accretion physics. Prior to the optical outburst on 23 December 2017, 1ES 19…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 20 cited

AGN STORM 2. VII. A Frequency-resolved Map of the Accretion Disk in Mrk 817: Simultaneous X-ray Reverberation and UVOIR Disk Reprocessing Time Lags

Collin Lewin, Erin Kara, Aaron J. Barth +35

X-ray reverberation mapping is a powerful technique for probing the innermost accretion disk, whereas continuum reverberation mapping in the UV, optical, and infrared (UVOIR) revea…