Search Results - "Fausnaugh, Michael M."
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Discovery and Early Evolution of ASASSN-19bt, the First TDE Detected by TESS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2019)“…We present the discovery and early evolution of ASASSN-19bt, a tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN)…”
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Chandra, HST/STIS, NICER, Swift, and TESS Detail the Flare Evolution of the Repeating Nuclear Transient ASASSN -14ko
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2023)“…Abstract ASASSN-14ko is a nuclear transient at the center of the AGN ESO 253−G003 that undergoes periodic flares. Optical flares were first observed in 2014 by…”
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ASASSN-14ko is a Periodic Nuclear Transient in ESO 253-G003
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2021)“…Abstract We present the discovery that ASASSN-14ko is a periodically flaring active galactic nucleus at the center of the galaxy ESO 253-G003. At the time of…”
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Revealing AGNs through TESS variability
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-09-2023)“…ABSTRACT We used Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data to identify 29 candidate active galactic nuclei (AGNs) through their optical variability…”
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A 20 Second Cadence View of Solar-type Stars and Their Planets with TESS: Asteroseismology of Solar Analogs and a Recharacterization of π Men c
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2022)“…Abstract We present an analysis of the first 20 second cadence light curves obtained by the TESS space telescope during its extended mission. We find improved…”
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Continuum Reverberation Mapping of AGN Accretion Disks
Published in Frontiers in astronomy and space sciences (05-12-2017)“…We show recent detections of inter-band continuum lags in three AGN (NGC 5548, NGC 2617, and MCG+08-11-011), which provide new constraints on the temperature…”
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Possible anticorrelations between pulsation amplitudes and the disc growth of Be stars in giant-outbursting Be X-ray binaries
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (04-10-2024)“…ABSTRACT The mechanism of X-ray outbursts in Be X-ray binaries remains a mystery, and understanding their circumstellar discs is crucial for a solution of the…”
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Analysis of the Full Spitzer Microlensing Sample. I. Dark Remnant Candidates and Gaia Predictions
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2024)“…Abstract In the pursuit of understanding the population of stellar remnants within the Milky Way, we analyze the sample of ∼950 microlensing events observed by…”
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Multi-messenger astrophysics in the gravitational-wave era
Published 16-11-2023“…The observation of GW170817, the first binary neutron star merger observed in both gravitational waves (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) waves, kickstarted the age…”
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The complex dynamical past and future of double eclipsing binary CzeV343: misaligned orbits and period resonance
Published 12-08-2022“…A&A 667, A53 (2022) CzeV343 (=V849 Aur) was previously identified as a candidate double eclipsing binary (2+2 quadruple), where the orbital periods of the two…”
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Possible anti-correlations between pulsation amplitudes and the disk growth of Be stars in giant-outbursting Be X-ray binaries
Published 14-09-2024“…The mechanism of X-ray outbursts in Be X-ray binaries remains a mystery, and understanding their circumstellar disks is crucial for a solution of the…”
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Observations of GRB 230307A by TESS
Published 13-03-2023“…We present the TESS light curve of GRB 230307A. We find two distinct components: a bright, prompt optical component at the time of the Fermi observation that…”
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Revealing AGNs Through TESS Variability
Published 29-09-2022“…We used Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data to identify 29 candidate active galactic nuclei (AGNs) through their optical variability. The…”
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Analysis of the full Spitzer microlensing sample I: Dark remnant candidates and Gaia predictions
Published 18-07-2024“…In the pursuit of understanding the population of stellar remnants within the Milky Way, we analyze the sample of $\sim 950$ microlensing events observed by…”
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TESS Science Processing Operations Center FFI Target List Products
Published 10-11-2020“…We report the delivery to the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes of target pixel and light curve files for up to 160,000 targets selected from full-frame…”
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Chandra, HST/STIS, NICER, Swift, and TESS Detail the Flare Evolution of the Repeating Nuclear Transient ASASSN-14ko
Published 22-06-2022“…ASASSN-14ko is a nuclear transient at the center of the AGN ESO 253-G003 that undergoes periodic flares. Optical flares were first observed in 2014 by the…”
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The Cepheid Distance to the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4051
Published 24-03-2021“…We derive a distance of $D = 16.6 \pm 0.3$~Mpc ($\mu=31.10\pm0.04$~mag) to the archetypal narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 based on Cepheid…”
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The Cepheid Distance to the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4151
Published 27-08-2020“…We derive a distance of $15.8\pm0.4$ Mpc to the archetypical Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151 based on the near-infrared Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation and new…”
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TESS Data for Asteroseismology: Timing verification
Published 14-05-2020“…The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is NASA's latest space telescope dedicated to the discovery of transiting exoplanets around nearby stars…”
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A 20-Second Cadence View of Solar-Type Stars and Their Planets with TESS: Asteroseismology of Solar Analogs and a Re-characterization of pi Men c
Published 13-10-2021“…We present an analysis of the first 20-second cadence light curves obtained by the TESS space telescope during its extended mission. We find a precision…”
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