no code implementations • 21 Jan 2021 • A. Malyali, A. Rau, A. Merloni, K. Nandra, J. Buchner, Z. Liu, S. Gezari, J. Sollerman, B. Shappee, B. Trakhtenbrot, I. Arcavi, C. Ricci, S. van Velzen, A. Goobar, S. Frederick, A. Kawka, L. Tartaglia, J. Burke, D. Hiramatsu, M. Schramm, D. van der Boom, G. Anderson, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, E. Bellm, A. Drake, D. Duev, C. Fremling, M. Graham, F. Masci, B. Rusholme, M. Soumagnac, R. Walters
We report on SRG/eROSITA, ZTF, ASAS-SN, Las Cumbres, NEOWISE-R, and Swift XRT/UVOT observations of the unique ongoing event AT 2019avd, located in the nucleus of a previously inactive galaxy at $z=0. 029$.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
1 code implementation • 2 Mar 2020 • Anna Y. Q. Ho, D. A. Perley, S. R. Kulkarni, D. Z. J. Dong, K. De, P. Chandra, I. Andreoni, E. C. Bellm, K. B. Burdge, M. Coughlin, R. Dekany, M. Feeney, D. D. Frederiks, C. Fremling, V. Z. Golkhou, M. Graham, D. Hale, G. Helou, A. Horesh, R. R. Laher, F. Masci, A. A. Miller, M. Porter, A. Ridnaia, B. Rusholme, D. L. Shupe, M. T. Soumagnac, D. S. Svinkin
Compiling transients in the literature with $t_\mathrm{rise} <5$d and $M_\mathrm{peak}<-20$mag, we find that a significant number are engine-powered, and suggest that the high peak optical luminosity is directly related to the presence of this engine.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
