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Large-amplitude modulations and hours-timescale variability in the early X-ray light curve of a tidal disruption flare
A. Malyali, A. Rau, P. Baldini +11
We present new X-ray, optical, and UV observations of the tidal disruption event candidate eRASSt J234402.9-352640, (hereafter J2344). Between 50 and 60 days after peak optical bri…
SRG/eROSITA No. 5: Discovery of quasi-periodic eruptions every ~3.7 days from a galaxy at z>0.1
R. Arcodia, P. Baldini, A. Merloni +17
Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are repeating soft X-ray bursts from the nuclei of galaxies, tantalizingly proposed to be extreme mass ratio inspirals. Here, we report the discover…
A new Bowen Fluorescence Flare and Extreme Coronal Line Emitter discovered by SRG/eROSITA
Pietro Baldini, Arne Rau, Riccardo Arcodia +19
The nuclear transient eRASSt J012026.5-292727 (J012026 hereafter) was discovered in the second SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey (eRASS2). The source appeared more than one order of magni…
Searching for supermassive black holes binaries within SRG/eROSITA-De I: Properties of the X-ray selected candidates
D. Tubín-Arenas, M. Krumpe, D. Homan +20
Abridged: Supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) separated by (sub)-pc scales represent one of the latest stages of hierarchical galaxy assembly. However, many of these objects…
A systematic analysis of the radio properties of 22 X-ray selected tidal disruption event candidates with the Australia Telescope Compact Array
A. J. Goodwin, M. Burn, G. E. Anderson +7
We present a systematic analysis of the radio properties of an X-ray selected sample of tidal disruption event (TDE) candidates discovered by the eROSITA telescope. We find radio s…
The population of tidal disruption events discovered with eROSITA
Iuliia Grotova, Arne Rau, Pietro Baldini +13
This paper presents a systematic study of X-ray-selected canonical tidal disruption events (TDEs) discovered in the western Galactic hemisphere of the first two eROSITA all-sky sur…
An X-ray flaring event and a variable soft X-ray excess in the Seyfert LCRS B040659.9-385922 as detected with eROSITA
S. Krishnan, A. G. Markowitz, M. Krumpe +13
Extreme continuum variability in AGNs can indicate extreme changes in accretion flows onto supermassive black holes. We explore the multiwavelength nature of a continuum flare in t…
A radio flare associated with the nuclear transient eRASSt J234403-352640: an outflow launched by a potential tidal disruption event
A. J. Goodwin, G. E. Anderson, J. C. A. Miller-Jones +7
We present an extensive radio monitoring campaign of the nuclear transient eRASSt J234403-352640 with the Australia Telescope Compact Array, one of the most X-ray luminous TDE cand…
The more the merrier: SRG/eROSITA discovers two further galaxies showing X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions
R. Arcodia, Z. Liu, A. Merloni +20
X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are a novel addition to the group of extragalactic transients. In this work, we report the discovery of two further galaxies showing QPEs, eRO…
The SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey: First X-ray catalogues and data release of the western Galactic hemisphere
A. Merloni, G. Lamer, T. Liu +142
The eROSITA telescope array aboard the Spektrum Roentgen Gamma (SRG) satellite began surveying the sky in December 2019, with the aim of producing all-sky X-ray source lists and sk…
A New Population of Mid-Infrared-Selected Tidal Disruption Events: Implications for Tidal Disruption Event Rates and Host Galaxy Properties
Megan Masterson, Kishalay De, Christos Panagiotou +14
Most tidal disruption events (TDEs) are currently found in time-domain optical and soft X-ray surveys, both of which are prone to significant obscuration. The infrared (IR), howeve…
The eROSITA DR1 variability catalogue
Th. Boller, M. Salvato, J. Buchner +14
With its first All-Sky Survey (eRASS1), the extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array (eROSITA) on board the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission has offered an unp…
Rapid evolution of the recurrence time in the repeating partial tidal disruption event eRASSt J045650.3-203750
Zhu Liu, Taeho Ryu, A. J. Goodwin +8
In this letter, we present the results from further X-ray and UV observations of the nuclear transient eRASSt J045650.3-203750 (hereafter J0456-20). We detected five repeating X-ra…
Transient fading X-ray emission detected during the optical rise of a tidal disruption event
A. Malyali, A. Rau, C. Bonnerot +9
We report on the SRG/eROSITA detection of ultra-soft ( eV) X-ray emission ( erg s) from the tidal disruptio…
Multiwavelength study of extreme variability in LEDA 1154204: A changing-look event in a type 1.9 Seyfert
T. Saha, A. Markowitz, D. Homan +16
Context. Multiwavelength studies of transients in actively accreting supermassive black holes have revealed that large-amplitude variability is frequently linked to significant cha…
The first X-ray look at SMSS J114447.77-430859.3: the most luminous quasar in the last 9 Gyr
E. S. Kammoun, Z. Igo, J. M. Miller +18
SMSS\,J114447.77-430859.3 () has been identified in the SkyMapper Southern Survey as the most luminous quasar in the last . In this paper, we report on the…
Discovery of the luminous X-ray ignition eRASSt J234402.9352640; I. Tidal disruption event or a rapid increase in accretion in an active galactic nucleus?
D. Homan, M. Krumpe, A. Markowitz +17
In November 2020, a new, bright object, eRASSt J234402.9352640, was discovered in the second all-sky survey of SRG/eROSITA. The object brightened by a factor of at least 150 in…
The rebrightening of a ROSAT-selected tidal disruption event: repeated weak partial disruption flares from a quiescent galaxy?
A. Malyali, Z. Liu, A. Rau +11
The ROSAT-selected tidal disruption event (TDE) candidate RX J133157.6-324319.7 (J1331), was detected in 1993 as a bright (0.2-2 keV flux of erg s$^…
eRASSt J074426.3+291606: prompt accretion disc formation in a 'faint and slow' tidal disruption event
A. Malyali, Z. Liu, A. Merloni +10
We report on multi-wavelength observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) candidate eRASSt J074426.3+291606 (J0744), located in the nucleus of a previously quiescent galaxy at…
Live to die another day: the rebrightening of AT2018fyk as a repeating partial tidal disruption event
T. Wevers, E. R. Coughlin, D. R. Pasham +13
Stars that interact with supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can either be completely or partially destroyed by tides. In a partial tidal disruption event (TDE) the high-density core…
Deciphering the extreme X-ray variability of the nuclear transient eRASSt J045650.3-203750: A likely repeating partial tidal disruption event
Zhu Liu, A. Malyali, M. Krumpe +17
(Abridged) In this paper, we present the results of an exceptional repeating X-ray nuclear transient, eRASSt J045650.3-203750 (hereafter J0456-20), uncovered by SRG/eROSITA in a qu…