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IGR J17407-2808 is an enigmatic and poorly studied X-ray binary that was recently observed quasi-simultaneously with NuSTAR and XMM-Newton. In this paper we report the results of this observational campaign. During the first 60 ks of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 L. Ducci , C. Malacaria , P. Romano , E. Bozzo , M. Berton , A. Santangelo , E. Congiu

Very Faint X-ray Transients (VFXTs) are a class of X-ray binary systems that exhibit occasional outbursts with peak X-ray luminosities (L_X< 1e36 erg s^-1) much lower than typical X-ray transients. On 22nd February 2024, during its daily…

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite has obtained high time resolution ultraviolet photometry during a large flare on the M4 dwarf star GJ 3685A. Simultaneous NUV (1750 - 2800A) and FUV (1350 - 1750A) time-tagged photometry with…

We present results from a new optical/UV/X-ray monitoring campaign of the luminous Seyfert galaxy Fairall 9 using the Swift satellite. Using the UV-Optical Telescope (UVOT) on Swift, we find correlated optical/UV variability on all time…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Anne Lohfink , Christopher Reynolds , Ranjan Vasudevan , Richard Mushotzky , Neal Miller

Context : A 1000-s flare from a new hard X-ray transient, IGR J08408-4503, was observed by INTEGRAL on May 15, 2006 during the real-time routine monitoring of IBIS/ISGRI images performed at the INTEGRAL Science Data Centre. The flare,…

The Seyfert Galaxy Mrk 335 is known for its frequent changes of flux and spectral shape in the X-ray band occurred during recent years. These variations may be explained by the onset of a wind that previous, non-contemporaneous…

This article provides a summary of XMM-Newton highlights on stellar tidal disruption events. First found with ROSAT, ongoing and upcoming sky surveys will detect these events in the 1000s. In X- rays, tidal disruption events (TDEs) provide…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-10 S. Komossa

We have studied the long-term X-ray light curve (2$-$10 keV) of the luminous Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-2-58-22 by compiling data, from various X-ray satellites, which together cover more than 20 years. We have found two distinct types of time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Chul-Sung Choi , Tadayasu Dotani , Heon-Young Chang , Insu Yi

GSN 069 is an optically identified very low-mass AGN which shows supersoft X-ray emission. The source is known to exhibit huge X-ray outburst, with flux increased by more than a factor of ~240 compared to the quiescence state. We report its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-12 X. W. Shu , S. S. Wang , L. M. Dou , N. Jiang , J. X. Wang , T. G. Wang

In this letter, we present the results from further X-ray and UV observations of the nuclear transient eRASSt J045650.3-203750 (hereafter J0456-20). We detected five repeating X-ray and UV flares from J0456-20, making it one of the most…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-20 Zhu Liu , Taeho Ryu , A. J. Goodwin , A. Rau , D. Homan , M. Krumpe , A. Merloni , I. Grotova , G. E. Anderson , A. Malyali , J. C. A. Miller-Jones

We present spectroscopic observations of the X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 acquired during different epochs following the 2000 March outburst. We find that the emission line profiles show variations in their double-peak structure on time…

RX J1301.9+2747 is a unique active galaxy with supersoft X-ray spectrum that lacks significant emission at energies above 2 keV. In addition, it is one of few galaxies displaying quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions that recur on a timescale of…

Tidal disruption events which repeat on timescales of months-to-years represent an unambiguous signature of a partial disruption, with the surviving stellar remnant returning to pericentre to be repeatedly stripped by tidal forces. These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-24 Andrew Mummery

Mrk 590 is a Changing Look AGN currently in an unusual repeat X-ray and UV flaring state. Here, we report on deep X-ray observations with XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and NICER, obtained at a range of X-ray flux levels. We detect a prominent soft…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-18 Daniel Lawther , Marianne Vestergaard , Sandra Raimundo , Xiaohui Fan , Jun Yi Koay

Tidal disruption of stars by massive black holes produce transient accretion flows that flare at optical, UV, and X-ray wavelengths. At late times, these accretion flows may launch relativistic jets that can be detected through the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Geoffrey C. Bower

The binary T Tauri system JW 566 in the Orion Molecular Cloud underwent an energetic, short-lived flare observed at submillimetre wavelengths by the SCUBA-2 instrument on 26 November 2016 (UT). The emission faded by nearly 50% during the 31…

The first-known tidal disruption event (TDE) with strong evidence for a relativistic jet -- based on extensive multi-wavelength campaigns -- is Swift J1644+5734. In order to directly measure the apparent speed of the radio jet, we performed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-27 J. Yang , Z. Paragi , A. J. van der Horst , L. I. Gurvits , R. M. Campbell , D. Giannios , T. An , S. Komossa

IGRJ18410-0535 is a supergiant fast X-ray transients. This subclass of supergiant X-ray binaries typically undergoes few- hour-long outbursts reaching luminosities of 10^(36)-10^(37) erg/s, the occurrence of which has been ascribed to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 E. Bozzo , A. Giunta , G. Cusumano , C. Ferrigno , R. Walter , S. Campana , M. Falanga , G. Israel , L. Stella

We report our findings on a new quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) and a long period from the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) X-2 in nearby galaxy NGC 4736 based on the Chandra and XMM-Newton archival data. To examine the timing properties,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-28 H. Avdan , S. Kayaci Avdan , A. Akyuz , S. Balman

$Context$: Vela X-1 is the prototype of the classical sgHMXB systems. Recent continuous and long monitoring campaigns revealed a large hard X-rays variability amplitude with strong flares and off-states. This activity has been interpreted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-25 A. Manousakis , R. Walter