{"article_type":"original","date_published":"2020-05-11T00:00:00Z","issue":"4","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"status":"public","day":"11","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1312"}],"date_created":"2024-09-05T10:16:03Z","user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345","page":"4061-4070","author":[{"last_name":"Hu","first_name":"Betty X","full_name":"Hu, Betty X"},{"last_name":"D’Orazio","full_name":"D’Orazio, Daniel J","first_name":"Daniel J"},{"last_name":"Haiman","id":"7c006e8c-cc0d-11ee-8322-cb904ef76f36","first_name":"Zoltán","full_name":"Haiman, Zoltán"},{"full_name":"Smith, Krista Lynne","first_name":"Krista Lynne","last_name":"Smith"},{"full_name":"Snios, Bradford","first_name":"Bradford","last_name":"Snios"},{"last_name":"Charisi","first_name":"Maria","full_name":"Charisi, Maria"},{"last_name":"Di Stefano","first_name":"Rosanne","full_name":"Di Stefano, Rosanne"}],"type":"journal_article","publisher":"Oxford University Press","citation":{"ieee":"B. X. Hu <i>et al.</i>, “Spikey: self-lensing flares from eccentric SMBH binaries,” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>, vol. 495, no. 4. Oxford University Press, pp. 4061–4070, 2020.","ista":"Hu BX, D’Orazio DJ, Haiman Z, Smith KL, Snios B, Charisi M, Di Stefano R. 2020. Spikey: self-lensing flares from eccentric SMBH binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(4), 4061–4070.","apa":"Hu, B. X., D’Orazio, D. J., Haiman, Z., Smith, K. L., Snios, B., Charisi, M., &#38; Di Stefano, R. (2020). Spikey: self-lensing flares from eccentric SMBH binaries. <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>. Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1312\">https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1312</a>","chicago":"Hu, Betty X, Daniel J D’Orazio, Zoltán Haiman, Krista Lynne Smith, Bradford Snios, Maria Charisi, and Rosanne Di Stefano. “Spikey: Self-Lensing Flares from Eccentric SMBH Binaries.” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>. Oxford University Press, 2020. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1312\">https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1312</a>.","ama":"Hu BX, D’Orazio DJ, Haiman Z, et al. Spikey: self-lensing flares from eccentric SMBH binaries. <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>. 2020;495(4):4061-4070. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1312\">10.1093/mnras/staa1312</a>","short":"B.X. Hu, D.J. D’Orazio, Z. Haiman, K.L. Smith, B. Snios, M. Charisi, R. Di Stefano, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 495 (2020) 4061–4070.","mla":"Hu, Betty X., et al. “Spikey: Self-Lensing Flares from Eccentric SMBH Binaries.” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>, vol. 495, no. 4, Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 4061–70, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1312\">10.1093/mnras/staa1312</a>."},"date_updated":"2024-09-18T10:14:15Z","oa_version":"Published Version","publication":"Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society","year":"2020","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0035-8711","1365-2966"]},"doi":"10.1093/mnras/staa1312","quality_controlled":"1","month":"05","scopus_import":"1","oa":1,"title":"Spikey: self-lensing flares from eccentric SMBH binaries","volume":495,"_id":"17552","extern":"1","article_processing_charge":"No","publication_status":"published","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We examine the light curves of two quasars, motivated by recent suggestions that a supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) can exhibit sharp lensing spikes. We model the variability of each light curve as due to a combination of two relativistic effects: the orbital relativistic Doppler boost and gravitational binary self-lensing. In order to model each system we extend previous Doppler plus self-lensing models to include eccentricity. The first quasar is identified in optical data as a binary candidate with a 20-yr period (Ark 120), and shows a prominent spike. For this source, we rule out the lensing hypothesis and disfavor the Doppler-boost hypothesis due to discrepancies in the measured vs. recovered values of the binary mass and optical spectral slope. The second source, which we nickname Spikey, is the rare case of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) identified in Kepler's high-quality, high-cadence photometric data. For this source, we find a model, consisting of a combination of a Doppler modulation and a narrow symmetric lensing spike, consistent with an eccentric SMBHB with a total mass of approximately 30 million solar masses, rest-frame orbital period T=418 days, eccentricity e=0.5, and seen at an inclination of 8 degrees from edge-on. This interpretation can be tested by monitoring Spikey for periodic behavior and recurring flares in the next few years. In preparation for such monitoring we present the first X-ray observations of this object taken by the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory."}],"intvolume":"       495"}