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Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are a recently identified class of X-ray transient associated with tidal disruption events by supermassive black holes, and for which there are multiple possible explanations. In this paper we present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 M. Middleton , A. Gurpide , T. M. Kwan , L. Dai , R. Arcodia , J. Chakraborty , T. Dauser , P. C. Fragile , A. Ingram , G. Miniutti , C. Pinto , P. Kosec

We propose that the recently observed quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) in galactic nuclei are produced by unstable mass transfer due to Roche lobe overflow of a low-mass main-sequence star in a mildly eccentric (e ~ 0.5) orbit. We argue that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-12 Wenbin Lu , Eliot Quataert

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 variations that repeat on timescales of minutes to a month. They…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-08 Petra Suková , Francesco Tombesi , Dheeraj R. Pasham , Michal Zajaček , Thomas Wevers , Taeho Ryu , Itai Linial , Alessia Franchini

We present theoretical models of X-ray variability attributable to orbital signatures from an accretion disk including emission region size, quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and its quality factor $Q$, and the emergence of a break…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-08 P. Mohan , A. Mangalam

After the first quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs, GSN069) was reported in 2019, four other sources have been identified as QPEs or its candidate. However, the physics behind QPEs is still unclear so far, though several models have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Xin Pan , Shuang-Liang Li , Xinwu Cao

Recent X-ray observations have discovered a class of periodic X-ray flares in galactic nuclei known as quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs). A promising explanation of QPEs is an emission produced when a stellar-mass object orbiting a central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-16 Tomoya Suzuguchi , Hidetoshi Omiya , Hiroki Takeda

We present the results of an extensive timing analysis of the 1999 outburst of the soft X-ray transient and black hole candidate XTE J1859+226 as observed with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer. Three main different types of low frequency…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Piergiorgio Casella , Tomaso Belloni , Jeroen Homan , Luigi Stella

The physical processes that produce X-ray Quasi-Periodic Eruptions (QPEs) recently discovered from the nuclei of several low-redshift galaxies are mysterious. Several pieces of observational evidence strongly suggest a link between QPEs and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-17 Olivier Gilbert , John J. Ruan , Michael Eracleous , Daryl Haggard , Jessie C. Runnoe

The X-ray quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) is a remarkable form of variability in systems of compact object accretion. RE J1034+396, harboring the most significant X-ray QPO in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), is the most noteworthy source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-10 Ruisong Xia , Hao Liu , Yongquan Xue

X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are a novel mode of variability in nearby galactic nuclei whose origin remains unknown. Their multi-wavelength properties are poorly constrained, as studies have focused almost entirely on the X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-24 Thomas Wevers , Muryel Guolo , Sean Lockwood , Andrew Mummery , Dheeraj R. Pasham , Riccardo Arcodia

We analyze the time variability of the X-ray emission of RE J1034+396, an active galactic nucleus with the first firm detection of a quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO). Based on the results of a wavelet analysis, we find a drift in the QPO…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 B. Czerny , P. Lachowicz , M. Dovciak , V. Karas , T. Pechacek , Tapas K. Das

Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs), which are a new kind of X-ray bursts with a recurrence time of several hours, have been detected from supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in galactic nuclei. Recently, the two QPEs discovered by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-04 Z. Y. Zhao , Y. Y. Wang , Y. C. Zou , F. Y. Wang , Z. G. Dai

Quasi-Periodic Eruptions (QPEs) are recurring bursts of soft X-ray emission from supermassive black holes (SMBHs), which a growing class of models explains via extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs). QPEs exhibit blackbody-like emission with…

Observation of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy RE J1034+396 is believed to demonstrate a drift of the central period of the Quasi Periodic Oscillation (QPO) linearly correlated with the temporary X-ray luminosity. We show, using a specific…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Tapas Kumar Das , Bozena Czerny

Context: Some apparently quiescent supermassive black holes (BHs) at centers of galaxies show quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) in the X-ray band, the nature of which is still unknown. A possible origin for the eruptions is an accretion disk,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-27 Anna Chashkina , Omer Bromberg , Amir Levinson , Ehud Nakar

The accreting millisecond pulsar XTE J1814-338 exhibits oscillations at the known spin frequency during Type I X-ray bursts. The properties of the burst oscillations reflect the nature of the thermal asymmetry on the stellar surface. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anna L. Watts , Tod E. Strohmayer , Craig B. Markwardt

The detection of periodicities in light curves of active galacticnuclei (AGN) could have profound consequences for our understanding of the nature and radiation physics of these objects. At high energies (HE; E>100 MeV) 5 blazars (PG…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 F. Ait Benkhali , W. Hofmann , F. M. Rieger , N. Chakraborty

We present results of recurrence analysis of 46 active galactic nuclei (AGN) using light curves from the 157-month catalog of the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) in the 14-150 keV band. We generate recurrence plots and compute recurrence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-28 R. A. Phillipson , M. S. Vogeley , P. T. Boyd

We present the first short time-scale ($\sim$hours to days) optical variability study of a large sample of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) observed with the Kepler/K2 mission. The sample contains 252 AGN observed over four campaigns with $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-14 E. Aranzana , E. Kording , P. Uttley , S. Scaringi , S. Bloemen

We investigate the X-ray variability properties of Seyfert1 Galaxies belonging to the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS). The sample includes 151 unobscured (N$_{\rm H}<10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$) AGNs observed with XMM-Newton for a total exposure…