NICER observation list: Target ID 866403

Abstract

Quasi-Periodic Eruptions (QPEs) have shown a growing association with TDEs, which was recently confirmed by the discovery of QPEs in previously known, spectroscopically confirmed optical TDEs. X-ray follow-up of known TDEs at late times is thus the most promising avenue for targeted discovery of further QPEs, given that all-sky X-ray surveys and archival studies have mostly exhausted other discovery streams. To this end, we have performed a comprehensive survey of Swift, NICER, and eROSITA archival data of all known TDEs (∼150 total) to determine whether any of them show QPE-like variability. We propose for NICER follow-up of four optically-selected TDEs, showing extremely unusual rapid high-amplitude X-ray variability, to confirm whether they are QPEs.
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8664030101 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60749.1271 60749.9891 1994.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60759.7 60943
8664030201 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60750.0486 60750.9511 3887.2 50 6 VALIDATED 60760.5 60944
8664030301 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60750.9979 60751.9736 4324.1 50 7 VALIDATED 60761.5 60945
8664030401 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.341 60752.1120 60752.9632 458.0 50 7 VALIDATED 60762.6 60946
8664030501 231.070 4.855 8.371 47.340 60753.0231 60753.9954 445.0 50 7 VALIDATED 60764.5 60947
8664030502 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60754.0549 60754.1250 31.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60764.7 60948
8664030601 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60754.2472 60754.9637 520.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60766.0 60948
8664030602 231.070 4.855 8.371 47.340 60755.0236 60755.1574 0.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60766.0 60949
8664030701 231.070 4.855 8.371 47.340 60755.2822 60755.9961 18.0 50 7 VALIDATED 60766.1 60949
8664030801 231.070 4.855 8.370 47.340 60756.0563 60756.7701 0.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60767.8 60950
8664030901 231.072 4.855 8.373 47.338 60757.0243 60757.9313 0.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60767.8 60951
8664031001 231.073 4.854 8.372 47.337 60758.8954 60758.8988 0.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60769.9 60952
8664031002 231.072 4.854 8.372 47.337 60759.0241 60759.5440 0.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60772.5 60953
8664031101 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60759.6051 60759.9116 477.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60772.5 60953
8664031201 231.073 4.854 8.372 47.337 60760.0572 60760.9630 0.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60772.6 60954
8664031202 231.073 4.854 8.372 47.337 60761.0248 60761.8662 0.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60772.7 60955
8664031301 231.073 4.854 8.373 47.336 60762.5083 60762.8338 0.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60774.8 60956
8664031401 231.074 4.853 8.372 47.336 60763.0227 60763.0273 78.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60774.8 60957
8664031501 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60764.0519 60764.0595 374.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60775.0 60958
8664031701 231.070 4.855 8.371 47.340 60765.0887 60765.9956 1095.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60776.7 60959
8664031702 231.067 4.858 8.372 47.343 60766.2500 60766.2537 0.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60776.9 60960
8664031801 231.071 4.856 8.372 47.339 60766.3146 60766.6400 0.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60776.9 60960
8664031901 231.068 4.855 8.370 47.341 60767.0764 60767.8634 778.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60779.7 60961
8664032001 231.069 4.855 8.369 47.340 60768.0549 60768.8269 1014.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60779.7 60962
8664032101 231.069 4.855 8.370 47.340 60769.0162 60769.7977 1394.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60779.8 60963
8664032201 231.070 4.856 8.371 47.341 60770.0521 60770.6280 1072.0 50 3 VALIDATED 60780.9 60964
8664032301 231.072 4.855 8.373 47.338 60771.0910 60771.9343 54.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60782.1 60965
8664032401 231.070 4.855 8.370 47.340 60772.1898 60772.6465 0.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60787.2 60966
8664032501 231.070 4.855 8.370 47.340 60773.0252 60773.9412 364.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60787.2 60967
8664032601 231.070 4.855 8.370 47.340 60774.0623 60774.8454 0.0 50 6 VALIDATED 60789.6 60968
8664032701 231.070 4.856 8.372 47.340 60775.0317 60775.8792 0.0 50 3 VALIDATED 60788.1 60969
8664032801 231.070 4.855 8.371 47.340 60776.0653 60776.3310 0.0 50 8 VALIDATED 60798.9 60970