Unusual Hard X-Ray Flares Caught in NICER Monitoring of the Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidate AT2019cuk/Tick Tock/SDSS J1430+2303

Unusual Hard X-Ray Flares Caught in NICER Monitoring of the Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidate AT2019cuk/Tick Tock/SDSS J1430+2303

The nuclear transient AT2019cuk/Tick Tock/SDSS J1430+2303 has been suggested to harbor a supermassive black hole (SMBH) binary near coalescence. We report results from high-cadence NICER X-ray monitoring with multiple visits per day from 2022 January to August, as well as continued optical monitorin...

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Main Authors: Megan Masterson, Erin Kara, Dheeraj R. Pasham, Daniel J. D’Orazio, Dominic J. Walton, Andrew C. Fabian, Matteo Lucchini, Ronald A. Remillard, Zaven Arzoumanian, Otabek Burkhonov, Hyeonho Choi, Shuhrat A. Ehgamberdiev, Elizabeth C. Ferrara, Muryel Guolo, Myungshin Im, Yonggi Kim, Davron O. Mirzaqulov, Gregory S. H. Paek, Hyun-Il Sung, Joh-Na Yoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Active galactic nuclei
High energy astrophysics
Supermassive black holes
X-ray transient sources
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acbea9

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https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acbea9

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