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XMM-Newton and Swift Unveil Another X-Ray Transient in NGC 4945, XMM J130514.64-493311.27
Ryan W. Pfeifle, Kimberly A. Weaver, Jenna M. Cann +2
NGC 4945 hosts a Compton-thick, low luminosity AGN and a nuclear starburst in its core and has been the subject of many previous X-ray investigations of the AGN emission structure,…
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McFACTS. IV. Electromagnetic Counterparts to AGN-disk-embedded Binary Black Hole Mergers
Emily McPike, Rosalba Perna, K. E. Saavik Ford +10
The accretion disks of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are promising environments for producing binary black hole (BBH) mergers, which have been detected via gravitational waves (GWs…
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The Need for Ultra High Resolution X-ray Imaging
Kimberly A. Weaver, Jenna M. Cann, Ryan Pfeifle +20
This paper discusses the broad science case for obtaining milliarcsecond to microarcsecond astronomical imaging resolution in the soft to medium-energy X-ray band (~0.5 to ~8 keV).…