13 papers
Migration Traps as Variability Attractors: Optical/UV Signatures of Embedded Stellar-Mass Black Holes in Active Galactic Nucleus Disks
Jing-Tong Xing, Tong Liu, Mouyuan Sun +5
We investigate whether embedded stellar-mass black holes (sBHs) in active galactic nucleus (AGN) disks can leave observable optical/UV variability signatures through migration-trap…
Little Red Dots as Supermassive Analogs of SS 433
Shuying Zhou, Mouyuan Sun, Xihan Ji +11
High-redshift little red dots (LRDs) are compact sources characterized by V-shaped spectral energy distributions (SEDs), broad emission lines, and often prominent Balmer breaks. Th…
Revisiting the X-ray Variability Plane of AGNs: The Significant Role of the Photon Index
Ruisong Xia, Hao Liu, Yongquan Xue +9
X-ray variability provides a powerful probe of the innermost regions of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), offering valuable insights into the accretion process and the structure of th…
X-ray Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Active Galactic Nuclei and Their Implications for the Changing Look Phenomenon
Mouyuan Sun, Shuying Zhou, Jihong Liu +12
X-ray timing of active galactic nuclei (AGN) provides a unique probe of gas accretion onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), which trace gas dyn…
Discovery of a Luminosity-dependent Continuum Lag in NGC 4151 from Photometric and Spectroscopic Continuum Reverberation Mapping
Hai-Cheng Feng, Sha-Sha Li, Mouyuan Sun +17
Accretion onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs) powers active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and drives feedback that shapes galaxy evolution. Constraining AGN accretion disk structure is…
Which active galaxies might be neutrino emitters?
Shuying Zhou, Mouyuan Sun, Guobin Mou +4
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has identified several individual neutrino emitters associated with supermassive black hole accretion phenomena, including blazars, tidal disruptio…