XRISM Spectroscopy of Variable Accretion-driven Disk Winds in NGC 4151: When, Where, and How Fast Outflows are Launched

01/10/2026 - Low-Energy

X-ray observations probe the inner accretion flow within active galactic nuclei, revealing the highest gas column densities and fastest winds. The most diverse winds yet revealed with the Resolve calorimeter spectrometer aboard XRISM are found in NGC 4151, a nearby Seyfert 1 active galactic nucleus (AGN) that may qualify as a changing-look source (CLAGN). Herein,…

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3D radiative transfer of Lyman-series lines with SKIRT

01/10/2026 - High-Energy

Context. High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and polarimetry provided by XRISM and IXPE offer new diagnostics of the geometry and kinematics of photoionised plasmas around compact objects. Interpreting reprocessed X-ray emission in such systems requires a full three-dimensional radiative transfer (3D RT) including photon-ion interactions. Aims. We extended the Monte Carlo (MC) RT code SKIRT by implementing…

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Can the long-term impact of stellar M-dwarf flares alter the spectral features of a giant gaseous exoplanet?

01/10/2026 - Exoplanets

In this work, we model the long-term impact of recurrent stellar flares on the atmospheres of metal-rich gaseous exoplanets. Using synthetic flare spectra from a fiducial flare model integrated with a photochemical kinetics code, we track the changes in atmospheric composition with time. We further analyze the spectral variability by feeding these abundance profiles into…

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