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20152024
most citedA 400 solar mass black hole in the Ultraluminous X-ray source M82 X-1 accreting close to its Eddington limit

229 citations · 554 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.HE2024

Repeated Partial Tidal Disruptions and Quasi-Periodic Eruptions in SwJ023017.0+283603

Dheeraj Pasham, Eric Coughlin, Chris Nixon +5

SwJ023017.0+283603 (SwJ0230) exhibited soft X-ray (0.3-1.0 keV) eruptions recurring roughly every 22 days. We present results from an extended monitoring campaign of SwJ0230 using…

astro-ph.HE2024

Repeating transients in galactic nuclei: confronting observations with theory

Petra Suková, Francesco Tombesi, Dheeraj R. Pasham +5

In the last few years, a mysterious new class of astrophysical objects has been uncovered. These are spatially coincident with the nuclei of external galaxies and show X-ray variat…

astro-ph.HE20242 cited

Alive and Strongly Kicking: Stable X-ray Quasi-Periodic Eruptions from eRO-QPE2 over 3.5 Years

Dheeraj Pasham, Shubham Kejriwal, Eric Coughlin +5

Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are recurring bursts of soft X-rays from the nuclei of galaxies. Their physical origin is currently a subject of debate, with models typically invok…

astro-ph.HE2024

A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm

Dheeraj Pasham, Eric Coughlin, Muryel Guolo +4

The tidal disruption event (TDE) AT2018dyk/ASASSN-18UL showed a rapid dimming event 500 days after discovery, followed by a re-brightening roughly 700 days later. It has been hypot…

astro-ph.HE2024

Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions and tidal disruption events prefer similar host galaxies

T. Wevers, K. D. French, A. I. Zabludoff +10

In the past five years, six quasi-periodic X-ray eruption (QPE) sources have been discovered in the nuclei of nearby galaxies. Their origin remains an open question. We present MUS…

astro-ph.HE202430 cited

A Case for a Binary Black Hole System Revealed via Quasi-Periodic Outflows

Dheeraj R. Pasham, Francesco Tombesi, Petra Sukova +33

Binaries containing a compact object orbiting a supermassive black hole are thought to be precursors of gravitational wave events, but their identification has been extremely chall…