Magnetic Reconnection as a Potential Driver of X-ray Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei

Chen-Ran Hu, Yong-Feng Huang, Lang Cui +13

We present a systematic analysis on the X-ray variability in 13 bright quasars at z > 4.5, combining recent Swift observations from 2021 to 2023 and archival multi-epoch observatio…