Rare Occasions: Tidal Disruption Events Rarely Power the AGNs Observed in Dwarf Galaxies
Joanne Tan et al 2025 ApJ 980 13 Using 16 years of observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory to assess X-ray variability of 78 active galactic nuclei in dwarf galaxies, researchers find few…
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