hypervariables
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hypervariables
- plural of hypervariable
- 2016, A.Lawrence, A.G.Bruce, C.MacLeod, S.Gezari, M.Elvis, M.Ward, S.J.Smartt, K.W.Smith, D.Wright, M.Fraser, P.Marshall, N.Kaiser, W.Burgett, E.Magnier, J.Tonry, K.Chambers, R.Wainscoat, C.Waters, P.Price, N.Metcalfe, S.Valenti, R.Kotak, A.Mead, C.Inserra, T.W.Chen, A.Soderberg, “Slow blue nuclear hypervariables in PanSTARRS-1”, in arXiv[1]:
- We discuss several possible explanations for these slow blue hypervariables - (i) unusually luminous tidal disruption events, (ii) extinction events, (iii) changes in accretion state, and (iv) large amplitude microlensing by stars in foreground galaxies.