Monthly quasi-periodic eruptions from repeated stellar disruption by a massive black hole

PA Evans, CJ Nixon, S Campana… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, searches of archival X-ray data have revealed galaxies exhibiting nuclear
quasi-periodic eruptions with periods of several hours. These are reminiscent of the tidal …

A long-duration gamma-ray burst of dynamical origin from the nucleus of an ancient galaxy

AJ Levan, DB Malesani, BP Gompertz, AE Nugent… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The majority of long-duration (> 2 s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) arise from the collapse of
massive stars, with a small proportion created from the merger of compact objects. Most of …

A real-time transient detector and the living Swift-XRT point source catalogue

PA Evans, KL Page, AP Beardmore… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We present the Living Swift-XRT Point Source (LSXPS) catalogue and real-time
transient detector. This system allows us for the first time to carry out low-latency searches …

Late Engine Activity in Neutron Star Mergers and Its Cocoon: An Alternative Scenario for the Blue Kilonova

H Hamidani, SS Kimura, M Tanaka… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Follow-up observations of short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) have continuously unveiled late
extended/plateau emissions, attributed to jet launch due to late engine activity, the nature of …

The Fast X-Ray Transient XRT 210423 and Its Host Galaxy

D Eappachen, PG Jonker, AJ Levan… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) are X-ray flares with durations ranging from a few
hundred seconds to a few hours. Possible origins include the tidal disruption of a white …

Extragalactic fast X-ray transient candidates discovered by Chandra (2014–2022)

J Quirola-Vásquez, FE Bauer, PG Jonker… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are short flashes of X-ray photons of
unknown origin that last a few minutes to hours. Aims. We extend the previous search for …

XMM-Newton-discovered Fast X-ray Transients: host galaxies and limits on contemporaneous detections of optical counterparts

D Eappachen, PG Jonker… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are a class of soft (0.3–10 keV) X-ray transients
lasting a few hundred seconds to several hours. Several progenitor mechanisms have been …

Investigating the off-axis GRB afterglow scenario for extragalactic fast X-ray transients

HCI Wichern, ME Ravasio, PG Jonker… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are short-duration (∼ ks) X-ray flashes of
unknown origin, potentially arising from binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, tidal disruption …

The luminosity phase space of galactic and extragalactic X-ray transients out to intermediate redshifts

A Polzin, R Margutti, DL Coppejans… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a detailed compilation and analysis of the X-ray phase space of low-to
intermediate-redshift (0≤ z≤ 1) transients that consolidates observed light curves (and …

Redshifts of candidate host galaxies of four fast X-ray transients using VLT/MUSE

A Inkenhaag, PG Jonker, AJ Levan… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are X-ray flares that last from minutes to hours. Multi-
wavelength counterparts to these FXTs have proven hard to find. As a result, distance …