Tidal disruption event demographics with the Zwicky Transient Facility: volumetric rates, luminosity function, and implications for the local black hole mass function

Y Yao, V Ravi, S Gezari, S van Velzen… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We conduct a systematic tidal disruption event (TDE) demographics analysis using the
largest sample of optically selected TDEs. A flux-limited, spectroscopically complete sample …

AT 2022aedm and a new class of luminous, fast-cooling transients in elliptical galaxies

M Nicholl, S Srivastav, MD Fulton… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery and extensive follow-up of a remarkable fast-evolving optical
transient, AT 2022aedm, detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial impact Last Alert Survey …

SN 2023emq: A flash-ionized Ibn supernova with possible C iii emission

M Pursiainen, G Leloudas, S Schulze… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
SN 2023emq is a fast-evolving transient initially classified as a rare Type Icn supernova
(SN), interacting with a H-and He-free circumstellar medium (CSM) around maximum light …

[HTML][HTML] ASASSN-18ap: A Dusty Tidal Disruption Event Candidate with an Early Bump in the Light Curve

Y Wang, T Wang, N Jiang, X Zhang, J Zhu… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We reexamined the classification of the optical transient ASASSN-18ap, which was initially
identified as a supernova (SN) upon its discovery. Based on newly emerged phenomena …

The extreme coronal line emitter AT 2022fpx: varying optical polarization properties and late-time X-ray flare

KII Koljonen, I Liodakis, E Lindfors… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Supermassive black holes disrupt passing stars, producing outbursts called tidal disruption
events (TDEs). TDEs have recently gained attention due to their unique dynamics and …

Ultradeep Cover: An Exotic and Jetted Tidal Disruption Event Candidate Disguised as a Gamma-Ray Burst

RAJ Eyles-Ferris, CJ Nixon, ER Coughlin… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are traditionally classified as either short GRBs with durations≲ 2
s that are powered by compact object mergers or long GRBs with durations≳ 2 s that are …

CSS 161010: A luminous fast blue optical transient with broad blueshifted hydrogen lines

CP Gutiérrez, S Mattila, P Lundqvist… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared photometric and optical spectroscopic
observations of the luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT) CSS 161010: 045834 …

Dissonance in harmony: The UV/optical periodic outbursts of ASASSN-14ko exhibit repeated bumps and rebrightenings

S Huang, N Jiang, RF Shen, T Wang… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
ASASSN-14ko was identified as an abnormal periodic nuclear transient with a potential
decreasing period. Its outbursts in the optical and UV bands have displayed a consistent …

Discovery and follow-up of ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx): the lowest redshift and luminosity optically selected tidal disruption event

WB Hoogendam, JT Hinkle, BJ Shappee… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We report the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae discovery of the tidal
disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx) in NGC 3799, a LINER galaxy with no …

Fitting optical light curves of Tidal Disruption Events with TiDE

ZV Kovács-Stermeczky, J Vinkó - Publications of the Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A Tidal Disruption Event (TDE) occurs when a supermassive black hole tidally
disrupts a nearby passing star. The fallback accretion rate of the disrupted star may exceed …