{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["634(8035)"],"submitter":["Nicholl M"],"pubmed_abstract":["Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are luminous bursts of soft X-rays from the nuclei of galaxies, repeating on timescales of hours to weeks<sup>1-5</sup>. The mechanism behind these rare systems is uncertain, but most theories involve accretion disks around supermassive black holes (SMBHs) undergoing instabilities<sup>6-8</sup> or interacting with a stellar object in a close orbit<sup>9-11</sup>. It has been suggested that this disk could be created when the SMBH disrupts a passing star<sup>8,11</sup>, implying that many QPEs should be preceded by observable tidal disruption events (TDEs). Two known QPE sources show long-term decays in quiescent luminosity consistent with TDEs<sup>4,12</sup> and two observed TDEs have exhibited X-ray flares consistent with individual eruptions<sup>13,14</sup"],"journal":["Nature"],"pagination":["804-808"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11499261"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions years after a nearby tidal disruption event."],"pmcid":["PMC11499261"],"pubmed_authors":["McGee SL","Smith KW","Margutti R","Ravi V","Remillard R","Minguez P","Gao H","Kara E","Chen TW","Janiuk A","Salvesen G","Gillanders JH","Aamer A","Gendreau K","Nicholl M","Turner SGD","Ridley EJ","Dewangan GC","Fulton MD","Sheng X","Wainscoat RJ","Arzoumanian Z","Nathan E","Berger E","Chornock R","Wevers T","Auchettl K","Chakraborty J","Fabian AC","Angus CR","Cendes Y","Laskar T","Young DR","Weston J","Alexander KD","Patra KC","Huber ME","Bonnerot C","Pasham DR","Smartt SJ","Guolo M","Lowe TB","Stein R","van Velzen S","Lin CC","de Boer T","Herman J","Chambers KC","Ferrara EC","Ramsden P","Dhillon VS","Hajela A","Lawrence A","Oates SR","Ingram A","Mummery A","Moore T","Gompertz BP","Stevance HF","Gomez S","Greenwood J","Gillan AF","Magnier EA","Srivastav S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions years after a nearby tidal disruption event.","description":"Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are luminous bursts of soft X-rays from the nuclei of galaxies, repeating on timescales of hours to weeks<sup>1-5</sup>. The mechanism behind these rare systems is uncertain, but most theories involve accretion disks around supermassive black holes (SMBHs) undergoing instabilities<sup>6-8</sup> or interacting with a stellar object in a close orbit<sup>9-11</sup>. It has been suggested that this disk could be created when the SMBH disrupts a passing star<sup>8,11</sup>, implying that many QPEs should be preceded by observable tidal disruption events (TDEs). Two known QPE sources show long-term decays in quiescent luminosity consistent with TDEs<sup>4,12</sup> and two observed TDEs have exhibited X-ray flares consistent with individual eruptions<sup>13,14</sup","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Oct","modification":"2025-04-26T00:15:51.707Z","creation":"2025-04-06T09:40:18.055Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11499261","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39385028"],"doi":["10.1038/s41586-024-08023-6"]}}