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Recent irradiance measurements from numerous heliophysics and astrophysics missions including SDO, GOES, Kepler, TESS, Chandra, XMM-Newton, and NICER have provided critical input in understanding the physics of the most powerful transient…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-11 Jeffrey W. Reep , Vladimir S. Airapetian

We have analyzed the two longest (elapsed time > 3 days) BeppoSAX observations of the X-ray brightest Seyfert galaxy, NGC 4151, to search for spectral variability on time-scales from a few tens of ksec to years. We found in both cases…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Puccetti , F. Fiore , G. Risaliti , M. Capalbi , M. Elvis , F. Nicastro , .

A strong outburst in the X-ray continuum and a change of its Seyfert spectral type was detected in HE 1136-2304 in 2014. The spectral type changed from nearly Seyfert 2 type (1.95) to Seyfert 1.5 type in comparison to previous observations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 M. Zetzl , W. Kollatschny , M. W. Ochmann , D. Grupe , M. Haas , M. Ramolla , D. Chelouche , S. Kaspi , N. Schartel

Prominent K-shell emission lines of neutral iron (hereafter, FeI-K) and hard-continuum X-rays were found from molecular clouds (MCs) in the Sagittarius B (Sgr B) region with the two separate Suzaku observations in 2005 and 2009. The X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Masayoshi Nobukawa , Syukyo G. Ryu , Takeshi Go Tsuru , Katsuji Koyama

This paper presents a comprehensive examination of the X-ray continuum variability of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15. The source clearly shows the strong, linear correlation between rms variability amplitude and flux first seen in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 S. Vaughan , A. C. Fabian , K. Nandra

We have carried out a search for flares from the analysis of light curves for 12 active G, K, and M dwarfs. As sources of data we used ground-based observations in 2000-2020 from the photometric databases ASAS, SuperWASP, KWS. Events of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 N. I. Bondar' , M. M. Katsova , A. A. Shlyapnikov

We investigate the long-term variability exhibited by the X-ray point sources in the starburst galaxy M82. By combining 9 Chandra observations taken between 1999 and 2007, we detect 58 X-ray point sources within the D25 isophote of M82 down…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Yi-Kuan Chiang , Albert K. H. Kong

Early-time X-ray observations of GRBs with the Swift satellite have revealed a more complicated phenomenology than was known before. In particular, the presence of flaring activity on a wide range of time scales probably requires late-time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rosalba Perna , Philip J. Armitage , Bing Zhang

We present a study of the spectral variability of the Seyfert I galaxy MCG-6-30-15 based on the two long XMM-Newton observations from 2000 and 2001. The X-ray spectrum and variability properties of the 2001 data have previously been well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Larsson , A. C. Fabian , G. Miniutti , R. R. Ross

The supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), at the centre of the Milky Way undergoes regular flaring activity which is thought to arise from the innermost region of the accretion flow. We performed the monitoring observations of…

We present the results of timing analysis of the XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 6300. The hard X-ray spectrum above 2 keV consists of a Compton-thin-absorbed power law, as is often seen in Seyfert 2 galaxies. We clearly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Awaki , H. Murakami , K. M. Leighly , C. Matsumoto , K. Hayashida , D. Grupe

The bright, soft X-ray spectrum Seyfert 1 galaxies Ark 564 and Ton S180 were monitored for 35 days and 12 days with ASCA and RXTE (and EUVE for Ton S180). The short time scale (hours-days) variability patterns were very similar across…

We present a long-term broadband study of the Seyfert galaxy Mrk~530 spanning $\sim$24 yr (2001--2024). The source remains largely stable across epochs, except in 2018, when a possible quasi-periodic oscillation is observed simultaneously…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Priyadarshee P. Dash , Prantik Nandi , Sachindra Naik , Narendranath Layek , Sandip K. Chakrabarti

We report the detection of an absorbed central X-ray source and its strong, rapid variability in NGC4395, the least luminous Seyfert nucleus known. The X-ray source exhibits a number of flares with factors of 3-4 flux changes during a half…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 K. Iwasawa , A. C. Fabian , O. Almaini , P. Lira , A. Lawrence , K. Hayashida , H. Inoue

X-ray spectral timing analysis is presented of XMM-Newton observations of the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy I Zwicky 1 (I Zw 1) taken in 2015 January. After exploring the effect of background flaring on timing analyses, X-ray time lags…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-06 D. R. Wilkins , L. C. Gallo , C. V. Silva , E. Costantini , W. N. Brandt , G. A. Kriss

The routinely flaring events from \sgras\ trace dynamic, high-energy processes in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole. We statistically study temporal and spectral properties, as well as fluence and duration distributions,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-20 Qiang Yuan , Q. Daniel Wang , Siming Liu , Kinwah Wu

We analyze 19 bright variable X-ray sources detected in the XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST), in order to characterize the variations with time of their coronal properties and to derive informations on the…

We report the results of two Chandra ACIS-S observations from February and August 2003 of the highly X-ray variable Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy RX J2217.9--5941. Observations spanning the time from the ROSAT All Sky Survey (RASS) through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Grupe , K. M. Leighly , V. Burwitz , P. Predehl , S. Mathur

We present optical spectroscopic observations of the least-luminous known Seyfert 1 galaxy, NGC 4395, which was monitored every half-hour over the course of 3 nights. The continuum emission varied by ~35 per cent over the course of 3…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. E. Skelton , A. Lawrence , A. Pappa , P. Lira , O. Almaini

We present the first result of a programme to search for large flux variations in the X-ray sources of the XMM Serendipitous Survey compared to previous ROSAT observations. An increase in X-ray flux by a factor >10 was discovered from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Yuan , St. Komossa , D. Xu , J. P. Osborne , M. G. Watson , R. G. McMahon