2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Transient Relativistic Iron Emission Line from an X-ray Flaring Supermassive Black Hole
Xiurui Zhao, Marco Ajello, Francesca Civano +16
We report the discovery of the first transient relativistic iron Kα line in an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) J1047+5907. The line was detected 21.5 days (rest-frame) after an X-ray…
astro-ph.HE2025
Fast X-ray Variability from the Coronae of Supermassive Black Holes
Xiurui Zhao, Luca Comisso, Stefano Marchesi +4
We present the first systematic study of short-timescale X-ray variability in radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGN), utilizing archival Chandra observations of approximately 3,0…