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most citedRelativistic X-ray reverberation modelling of the combined time-averaged and lag-energy spectra in AGN

51 citations · 234 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Extraction method for response functions from X-ray light curves of AGN by optimization algorithm

Sanhanat Deesamutara, Tirawut Worrakitpoonpon, Poemwai Chainakun +4

We introduce a numerical optimization method to extract the X-ray reverberation response functions from the multi-band light curves of the active galactic nuclei. This approach doe…

astro-ph.SR2026

Radial Velocity Evidence for a Post-Mass-Transfer Massive Binary System NaSt1

Kittipong Wangnok, Samaporn Tinyanont, Ryan M. Lau +11

We present multi-epoch high-resolution optical spectroscopy () of the emission-line object NaSt1 to test its proposed binary nature, along with long-term multiba…

astro-ph.HE2025

Hybrid corona and transient soft X-ray lags in Fairall 9

K. Khanthasombat, P. Chainakun, W. Luangtip +2

Fairall 9 is among the most massive Seyfert galaxies exhibiting a strong soft X-ray excess, but it is challenging to probe soft X-ray reverberation lags (if any) due to the long in…

astro-ph.HE2025

Revealing Hidden Repeaters in the CHIME/FRB Catalog: Semi-Supervised Insights into the Fast Radio Burst Population

N. Mankatwit, P. Thongkonsing, S. Loekkesee +3

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration extragalactic transients, observationally classified as repeaters or nonrepeaters. This classification may be biased, as some appa…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The brightest X-ray AGNs at redshift

Cameron Heather, Teeraparb Chantavat, Siri Chongchitnan +1

Given recent X-ray observations of high-redshift active galactic nuclei (AGNs), we consider whether the extreme luminosities of these AGNs are consistent with current semi-analytic…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Extracting the X-ray reverberation response functions from the AGN light curves using an autoencoder

Sanhanat Deesamutara, Poemwai Chainakun, Tirawut Worrakitpoonpon +5

We study the X-ray reverberation in active galactic nuclei (AGN) using the variational autoencoder (VAE), which is a machine-learning algorithm widely used for signal processing an…

astro-ph.HE2024

Tracing the evolving X-ray reverberation lags within an individual AGN light curve

N. Nakhonthong, P. Chainakun, W. Luangtip +1

We present the Granger causality (GC) test for the X-ray reverberation analysis of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). If the light curves in the continuum-dominated band help predict (G…

astro-ph.HE2024

Parameter dependency on the public X-ray reverberation models kynxilrev and kynrefrev

K. Khanthasombat, P. Chainakun, A. J. Young

We present a comparative study of the constrained parameters of active galactic nuclei (AGN) made by the public X-ray reverberation model kynxilrev and kynrefrev that make use of t…

astro-ph.HE2023

Investigating scaling relations in X-ray reverberating AGN using symbolic regression

P. Thongkonsing, P. Chainakun, T. Worrakitpoonpon +1

Symbolic regression (SR) is a regression analysis based on genetic algorithms to search for mathematical expressions that best fit a given data set, by allowing the expressions the…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 6 cited

Coronal height constraint in IRAS 13224-3809 and 1H 0707-495 by the random forest regressor

N. Mankatwit, P. Chainakun, W. Luangtip +1

We develop a random forest regressor (RFR) machine learning model to trace the coronal evolution in two highly variable active galactic nuclei (AGNs) IRAS 13224-3809 and 1H 0707-49…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 7 cited

Revealing the intrinsic X-ray reverberation lags in IRAS 13224-3809 through the Granger causality test

P. Chainakun, N. Nakhonthong, W. Luangtip +1

The Granger causality is an econometric test for determining whether one time series is useful for forecasting another one with a certain Granger lag. Here, the light curves in the…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 14 cited

Extended Corona Models of X-ray Reverberation in the AGN 1H~0707-495 and IRAS 13224-3809

S. Hancock, A. J. Young, P. Chainakun

We fit a new vertically extended corona model to previously measured reverberation time lags observed by \emph{XMM-Newton} in two extremely variable Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Active Ga…

astro-ph.HE2022

Mapping the X-ray corona evolution of IRAS 13224-3809 with the power spectral density

Poemwai Chainakun, Wasuthep Luangtip, Jiachen Jiang +1

We develop the power spectral density (PSD) model to explain the nature of the X-ray variability in IRAS 13224-3809, including the full effects of the X-ray reverberation due to th…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 11 cited

Predicting the black hole mass and correlations in X-ray reverberating AGN using neural networks

P. Chainakun, I. Fongkaew, S. Hancock +1

We develop neural network models to predict the black hole mass using 22 reverberating AGN samples in the XMM-Newton archive. The model features include the fractional excess varia…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 6 cited

Effects of the refractive index of the X-ray corona on the emission lines in AGN

P. Chainakun, A. Watcharangkool, A. J. Young

X-ray reflection from an accretion disc produces characteristic emission lines allowing us to probe the innermost regions in AGN. We investigate these emission lines under a framew…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 4 cited

X-ray reverberation models of the disc wind in ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 5408 X-1

W. Luangtip, P. Chainakun, S. Loekkesee +3

Majority of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are believed to be super-Eddington objects, providing a nearby prototype for studying an accretion in super-critical regime. In this…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 32 cited

The nature of the extreme X-ray variability in the NLS1 1H 0707-495

M. L. Parker, W. N. Alston, L. Härer +11

We examine archival XMM-Newton data on the extremely variable narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) active galactic nucleus (AGN) 1H 0707-495. We construct fractional excess variance (Fvar)…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 7 cited

Machine learning application to detect light echoes around black holes

P. Chainakun, N. Mankatwit, P. Thongkonsing +1

X-ray reverberation has become a powerful tool to probe the disc-corona geometry near black holes. Here, we develop Machine Learning (ML) models to extract the X-ray reverberation…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 13 cited

Evolution of the truncated disc and inner hot-flow of GX 339-4

P. Chainakun, W. Luangtip, A. J. Young +2

Aims. We study the changes in geometry of the truncated disc and the inner hot-flow of GX 339-4 by analyzing the Power SpectralDensity (PSD) extracted from six XMM-Newton observati…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 11 cited

Modelling the X-ray power spectra of AGN by using reprocessing echoes from an extended corona

Poemwai Chainakun

Characteristic signatures that X-ray reverberation from an extended corona can manifest in the observed PSD of AGN are investigated. The presence of two X-ray blobs illuminating an…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 30 cited

X-ray time lags in AGN: inverse-Compton scattering and spherical corona model

P. Chainakun, A. Watcharangkool, A. J. Young +1

We develop a physically motivated, spherical corona model to investigate the frequency-dependent time lags in AGN. The model includes the effects of Compton up-scattering between t…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 51 cited

Relativistic X-ray reverberation modelling of the combined time-averaged and lag-energy spectra in AGN

P. Chainakun, A. J. Young, E. Kara

General relativistic ray tracing simulations of the time-averaged spectrum and energy-dependent time delays in AGN are presented. We model the lamp-post geometry in which the accre…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 38 cited

Simultaneous spectral and reverberation modelling of relativistic reflection in Mrk 335

P. Chainakun, A. J. Young

We present an X-ray spectral and timing model to investigate the broad and variable iron line seen in the high flux state of Mrk 335. The model consists of a variable X-ray source…