Basu-Zych, Antara R., Goncalves, Thiago S., Overzier, Roderik, Law, David R., Schiminovich, David, Heckman, Tim, ...
We present data from Integral Field Spectroscopy for 3 supercompact UV-Luminous Galaxies (ScUVLGs). As nearby (z~0.2), compact (R_50~1-2 kpc), bright Paschen-alpha sources, with unusually high star...
Luminous Thermal Flares from Quiescent Supermassive Black Holes (2009)
Gezari, Suvi, Heckman, Tim, Cenko, S. Bradley, Eracleous, Michael, Forster, Karl, Goncalves, Thiago S., ...
A dormant supermassive black hole lurking in the center of a galaxy will be revealed when a star passes close enough to be torn apart by tidal forces, and a flare of electromagnetic radiation is...