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Prospects for Measuring Black Hole Masses using TDEs with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
K. Decker French, Brenna Mockler, Nicholas Earl +1
Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) provide an opportunity to study supermassive black holes that are otherwise quiescent. The Vera C. Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time will be capa…
Clumpy, dense gas in the outflow of NGC 1266
Justin Atsushi Otter, Katherine Alatalo, Kate Rowlands +23
Outflows are one of the most spectacular mechanisms through which active galactic nuclei (AGN) impact their host galaxy, though the role of AGN-driven outflows in global star forma…
FEADME: Fast Elliptical Accretion Disk Modeling Engine
Nicholas Earl, K. Decker French, Jason T. Hinkle +5
We present FEADME (Fast Elliptical Accretion Disk Modeling Engine), a GPU-accelerated Python framework for modeling broad Balmer-line emission with a relativistic elliptical accret…
Resolving the Nuclear Environments of Tidal Disruption Event Host Galaxies within 45 pc
Megan Newsome, Iair Arcavi, K. Decker French +5
Using HST/STIS observations, we present the highest-spatial-resolution spectroscopic study to date of four tidal disruption event (TDE) host galaxies, with the best observed being…
JWST and Keck Observations of the Off-Nuclear TDE AT 2024tvd: A Massive Nuclear Star Cluster and Minor-Merger Origin for its Black Hole
Kishore C. Patra, Ryan J. Foley, Nicholas Earl +10
We present JWST/NIRSpec and NIRCam observations of the first optically selected off-nuclear tidal disruption event (TDE), AT 2024tvd, along with Keck/KCWI integral field unit spect…
Utilizing Maximum Variability to Discern TDE Emission from AGN Flares
Samaresh Mondal, K. Decker French
X-ray emission arising from active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity may potentially mimic the expected emission of tidal disruption events (TDEs). Ongoing and upcoming wide-field X-…
Radio Variability in Recently-Quenched Galaxies: The Impact of TDE or AGN Driven Outflows
K. Decker French, Kristina Nyland, Pallavi Patil +7
Outflows and jets launched from the nuclei of galaxies emit radio synchrotron emission that can be used to study the impact of accretion energy on the host galaxy. The decades-long…
Modeling Star Formation Histories of Changing-Look AGN Host Galaxies with Prospector
Margaret E. Verrico, K. Decker French, Katherine Suess +7
Changing-look active galactic nuclei, or CL-AGN, are AGN which appear to transition between Seyfert Type 1 and 2 over periods of months to years. Several mechanisms to trigger thes…
The Double Tidal Disruption Event AT 2022dbl Implies That at Least Some "Standard" Optical TDEs are Partial Disruptions
Lydia Makrygianni, Iair Arcavi, Megan Newsome +37
Flares produced following the tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes can reveal the properties of the otherwise dormant majority of black holes and the physics of ac…
A Large-Scale Search for Photometrically Variable AGNs in Dwarf Galaxies Using the Young Supernova Experiment
Alexander Messick, Vivienne Baldassare, David O. Jones +12
We conduct an analysis of over 60,000 dwarf galaxies (7<=log(M_*/M_\odot)<=10) in search of photometric variability indicative of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Using data from the…