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We present the results of high resolution VLBI observations at 1.6 and 4.9 GHz of the radio-loud Seyfert galaxy, Mrk 6. These observations are able to detect a compact radio core in this galaxy for the first time. The core has an inverted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 P. Kharb , C. P. O'Dea , S. A. Baum , M. J. Hardcastle , D. Dicken , J. H. Croston , B. Mingo , J. Noel-Storr

We present observations of the X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 during its Low/Hard X-ray state outburst in 2000, at radio and sub-millimetre wavelengths with the VLA, Ryle Telescope, MERLIN and JCMT. The high-resolution MERLIN observations…

The goal of this work is a detailed study of the nearby, low power radio galaxy B2 1144+35B. For this purpose, we performed new Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and Very Large Array (VLA) observations. This source has several properties…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Giovannini , M. Giroletti , G. B. Taylor

In recent years, giant amplitude X-ray flares have been observed from a handful of non-active galaxies. The most plausible scenario of these unusual phenomena is tidal disruption of a star by a quiescent supermassive black hole at the…

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…

Extreme coronal-line emitter (ECLE) SDSSJ095209.56+214313.3, known by its strong, fading, high ionization lines, has been a long standing candidate for a tidal disruption event, however a supernova origin has not yet been ruled out. Here we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Lovro Palaversa , Suvi Gezari , Branimir Sesar , J. Scott Stuart , Przemyslaw Wozniak , Berry Holl , Željko Ivezić

Transient Be/X-ray binary systems, wherein a compact object accretes from a Be-companion star, can show giant and periastron outbursts. During the decay of their giant outbursts, some Be/X-ray binaries also show X-ray re-brightenings, the…

We report the discovery of tidal disruption event (TDE) WFST250820mmsw/AT2025wet by the 2.5-meter Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST). It exhibits a blue nuclear flare throughout the observed evolution with a g-band peak magnitude ~22, which…

We report the discovery and follow-up observations of VT 1137-0337: an unusual radio transient found in our systematic search for extragalactic explosions in the VLA Sky Survey (VLASS). VT 1137-0337 is located in the brightest region of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-24 Dillon Dong , Gregg Hallinan

Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are repeating soft X-ray flares associated with galactic nuclei. Several recent works have found evidence that the accretion flow in the galactic nuclei of QPEs is of recent origin, and that it is unlike…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-09 S. D. von Fellenberg , R. Arcodia , P. Benke , A. Goodwin , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. Ros , M. Janssen , M. Giustini , G. Miniutti

We present new X-ray, optical, and UV observations of the tidal disruption event candidate eRASSt J234402.9-352640, (hereafter J2344). Between 50 and 60 days after peak optical brightness, J2344 exhibited large-amplitude modulations in its…

The mildly relativistic jets of SS\,433 are believed to inflate the surrounding supernova remnant W\,50 depositing in its expansion possibly more than 99% of their kinetic energy (\cite[1998]{Dub98}). Where and how this transformation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-08 A. A. Panferov

We present a comprehensive investigation into the properties of 1H 0323+342, a prominent jetted narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy. The primary objective is to understand the interplay between the relativistic jet, the hot corona, and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-30 Valentina Rosa , Luigi Foschini , Stefano Ciroi

The X-ray source 2XMM J123103.2+110648 was previously found to show pure thermal X-ray spectra and a ~3.8 hr periodicity in three XMM-Newton X-ray observations in 2003-2005, and the optical spectrum of the host galaxy suggested it as a type…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-12 Dacheng Lin , Olivier Godet , Luis C. Ho , Didier Barret , Natalie A. Webb , Jimmy A. Irwin

We report here on the discovery of a red quasar, J004929.4+351025.7 at a redshift of z = 2.48, situated within a large Lya emission-line halo. The radio spectral energy distribution implies that the radio jets were triggered < 10^4 years…

We present the discovery of a second radio flare from the tidal disruption event (TDE) AT2020vwl via long-term monitoring radio observations. Late-time radio flares from TDEs are being discovered more commonly, with many TDEs showing radio…

Relativistic jets, or highly collimated and fast-moving outflows, are endemic to many astrophysical phenomena. The jets produced by gamma-ray bursts and tidal disruption events are accompanied by the accretion of material onto a black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-07 Eric R. Coughlin , Mitchell C. Begelman

We present six years of optical monitoring of the black hole candidate X-ray binary Swift J1357.2-0933, during and since its discovery outburst in 2011. On these long timescales, the quiescent light curve is dominated by high amplitude,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-23 David M. Russell , Ahlam Al Qasim , Federico Bernardini , Richard M. Plotkin , Fraser Lewis , Karri I. I. Koljonen , Yi-Jung Yang

We present new, deep 8.5-GHz VLA observations of the nearby, low-luminosity radio galaxy 3C 296 at resolutions from 0.25 to 5.5 arcsec. These show the intensity and polarization structures of the twin radio jets in detail. We also derive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. A. Laing , J. R. Canvin , A. H. Bridle , M. J. Hardcastle

A triggered 140 ks XMM-Newton observation of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) Mrk 335 in December 2015 caught the active galaxy at its lowest X-ray flux since 2007. The NLS1 is relatively quiescent for the first ~120 ks of the observation…