PASHAM, Dheeraj R., Francesco TOMBESI, Petra SUKOVÁ, Michal ZAJAČEK, Suvendu RAKSHIT, Eric COUGHLIN, Peter KOSEC, Vladimír KARAS, Megan MASTERSON, Andrew MUMMERY, Thomas W.-S. HOLOIEN, Muryel GUOLO, Jason HINKLE, Bart RIPPERDA, Vojtěch WITZANY, Ben SHAPPEE, Erin KARA, Assaf HORESH, Sjoert VAN VELZEN, Itai SFARADI, David KAPLAN, Noam BURGER, Tara MURPHY, Ronald REMILLARD, James F. STEINER, Thomas WEVERS, Riccardo ARCODIA, Johannes BUCHNER, Andrea MERLONI, Adam MALYALI, Andy FABIAN, Michael FAUSNAUGH, Tansu DAYLAN, Diego ALTAMIRANO, Anna PAYNE and Elizabeth C. FERRARAA. A case for a binary black hole system revealed via quasi-periodic outflows. Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024, vol. 10, No 13, p. 1-22. ISSN 2375-2548. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj8898.
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Original name A case for a binary black hole system revealed via quasi-periodic outflows
Authors PASHAM, Dheeraj R., Francesco TOMBESI, Petra SUKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Michal ZAJAČEK (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Suvendu RAKSHIT, Eric COUGHLIN, Peter KOSEC, Vladimír KARAS (203 Czech Republic), Megan MASTERSON, Andrew MUMMERY, Thomas W.-S. HOLOIEN, Muryel GUOLO, Jason HINKLE, Bart RIPPERDA, Vojtěch WITZANY, Ben SHAPPEE, Erin KARA, Assaf HORESH, Sjoert VAN VELZEN, Itai SFARADI, David KAPLAN, Noam BURGER, Tara MURPHY, Ronald REMILLARD, James F. STEINER, Thomas WEVERS, Riccardo ARCODIA, Johannes BUCHNER, Andrea MERLONI, Adam MALYALI, Andy FABIAN, Michael FAUSNAUGH, Tansu DAYLAN, Diego ALTAMIRANO, Anna PAYNE and Elizabeth C. FERRARAA.
Edition Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024, 2375-2548.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 13.600 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj8898
UT WoS 001193309500002
Keywords in English RADIATION PRESSURE INSTABILITY; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; PHOTON IMAGING CAMERA; INITIAL MASS FUNCTION; TIDAL DISRUPTION; SEYFERT-GALAXIES; XMM-NEWTON; NUMERICAL SCHEME; ACCRETION-DISC; EVOLUTION
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Abstract
Binaries containing a compact object orbiting a supermassive black hole are thought to be precursors of gravitational wave events, but their identification has been extremely challenging. Here, we report quasi-periodic variability in x-ray absorption, which we interpret as quasi-periodic outflows (QPOuts) from a previously low-luminosity active galactic nucleus after an outburst, likely caused by a stellar tidal disruption. We rule out several models based on observed properties and instead show using general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations that QPOuts, separated by roughly 8.3 days, can be explained with an intermediate-mass black hole secondary on a mildly eccentric orbit at a mean distance of about 100 gravitational radii from the primary. Our work suggests that QPOuts could be a new way to identify intermediate/extreme-mass ratio binary candidates.
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GM24-10599M, research and development projectName: Hvězdy v galaktických jádrech: vzájemný vztah s masivními černými dírami
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Stars in galactic nuclei: interrelation with massive black holes
90140, large research infrastructuresName: e-INFRA CZ
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