Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie

Relevant Publications

2026

  • P.M. Veres "Hidden No More: Spotlight on Tidal Disruption Events in Active Galactic Nuclei", Astron. Nachr. 70095 (2026)
  • P.M. Veres, A. Franckowiak, ..., N. Jordana-Mitjans, et al. "Back from the dead: AT2019aalc as a candidate repeating TDE in an AGN", A&A 706, A324 (2026)
  • P. Veres Precursors in tidal disruption events: repeating, fast, and AGN-hosted TDEs, A&A 707, L19 (2026)
  • M. Graham ... P.M. Veres, et al. "An extremely luminous flare recorded from a supermassive black hole", Nature Astronomy 10, 154 (2026)
  • N. Valtonen-Mattila, S. Shah, S.BenZvi, IceCube's Sensitivity Prospects to MeV-Scale Axion-Like Particles from Core-Collapse Supernovae, PoS (TAUP2025) 059

2025

  • N. Jordana-Mitjans, A. Franckowiak , E. Ramírez-Ruiz, C.G. Mundell, N. Valtonen-Mattila, R. Stein, P. M. Veres Optical polarization of stellar-fed active and quiescent supermassive black holes, A&A 704, A250 (2025)
  • S. Ravikularaman, E. Pueschel, Y. Popovych for the PANOSETI Collaboration, F. Riehn, D. Elsaesser Testing Gamma/Hadron Separation for Ultra-High-Energy Cherenkov Astronomy, submitted to PoS ICRC25
  • S. Ravikularaman , S. Recchia, V. H. M. Phan, S. Gabici Can cosmic rays explain the high ionisation rates in the Galactic centre?, submitted to PoS ICRC25
  • A. Zegarelli, A. Franckowiak, G. Sommani, N. Valtonen-Mattila, T. Yuan, for the IceCube Collaboration. IceCat-2: Updated IceCube Event Catalog of Alert Tracks, PoS(ICRC2025)1224
  • T. Pernice, G. Sommani, for the IceCube Collaboration. Search for High Energy Neutrinos from Infrared Flares, PoS(ICRC2025)1184
  • G. Sommani, T. Yuan, for the IceCube Collaboration. Improvements in the Reconstruction of IceCube Realtime Alerts, PoS(ICRC2025)1145
  • I. Jaroschewski, E. Kunn, Dr. F. Schussler, J. Just, J. Tjus, P. M. Veres, J1048+7143: Signatures of a Supermassive Binary Black Hole Close to Merger?, ICRC contribution
  • W. Li, D. Xu Search for Correlations of High-Energy Neutrinos with Infrared Flares in AGNs, PoS(ICRC2025)1097
  • F. Apel, A. Omeliukh, A. Franckowiak, J. Lederer Impact of model parameter degeneracy on leptonic radiation models. The case of blazar multi-wavelength spectra, A&A 702, A199 (2025)
  • J. Necker, E. Graikou, M. Kowalski, A. Franckowiak, J. Nordin, T. Pernice, S. van Velzen, P. M. Veres, Flaires - A comprehensive catalog of dust echo-like infrared flares, A&A 695, A228 (2025)
  • A.A. Miller, ..., A. Franckowiak, ..., P.M. Veres, et al. The La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey, to be submitted to PASP
  • A. Omeliukh, S. Garrappa, V. Fallah Ramazani, A. Franckowiak, et al. "Multi-epoch leptohadronic modeling of neutrino source candidate blazar PKS 0735+178", A&A 695, A266 (2025)
  • G. Sommani, A. Franckowiak, M. Lincetto, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, "Two 100 TeV neutrinos coincident with the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469", ApJ 981 (2025) 2, 103

2024

  • S. Garrappa, S. Buson, J. Sinapius, A. Franckowiak, et al. "Fermi -LAT follow-up observations in seven years of realtime high-energy neutrino alerts", A&A 687, A59 (2024)
  • S. van Velzen, R. Stein, M. Gilfanov, M. Kowalski, K. Hayasaki, S. Reusch, Y. Yao, S. Garrappa, A. Franckowiak, , ... P.M. Veres et al., "Establishing accretion flares from massive black holes as a major source of high-energy neutrinos", MNRAS 529, 3 (2024)
  • P. M. Veres, K. É. Gabányi, S. Frey, Z. Paragi, T. An, J. Bagchi, Á. Bogdán, K. G. Biju, E. Kun, J. Jacob and B. Adebahr, "European VLBI Network observations of the peculiar radio source 4C 35.06 overlapping with a compact group of nine galaxies", A&A 684, A188 (2024)
  • E. Kun, I. Bartos, J. Becker Tjus, P. L. Biermann, A. Franckowiak, Francis Halzen, Santiago del Palacio, Jooyun Woo, "A correlation between hard X-rays and neutrinos in radio-loud and radio-quiet AGN", PRD 110 (2024) 12, 123014
  • J. Dörner, J. Becker Tjus, P. S. Blomenkamp, H. Fichtner, A. Franckowiak, and E. M. Zaninger, "Impact of Anisotropic Cosmic-Ray Transport on the Gamma-Ray Signatures in the Galactic Center", ApJ 965 180 (2024)
  • X. Rodrigues, V. Paliya, S. Garrappa, A. Omeliukh, A. Franckowiak, W. Winter "Leptohadronic Multimessenger Modeling of 324 Gamma-Ray Blazars" A&A 681, A119 (2024)

2023

  • E. Kun et al. "Signatures of a spinning supermassive black hole binary on the mas-scale jet of the quasar S5 1928+738 based on 25 years of VLBI data", MNRAS 526, 3 (2023)
  • T. Pitik, I. Tamborra, M. Lincetto, A. Franckowiak, "Optically Informed Searches of High-Energy Neutrinos from Interaction-Powered Supernovae", MNRAS 524, 3 (2023)
  • E. Ofek, S. Ben-Ami, D. Polishook, ... A. Franckowiak, S. Weimann, ... S. Garrappa, A. Zenin, V. Fallah Ramazani ... et al,, "The Large Array Survey Telescope -- System Overview and Performances", PASP 135 (2023)
  • S. Ben-Ami, E. Ofek, D. Polishook, A. Franckowiak, ... V. Fallah Ramazani ... S. Garrappa,... S. Weimann "The Large Array Survey Telescope -- Science Goals", PASP 135 (2023)
  • E. Kun, Imre Bartos, Julia Becker Tjus, Peter L. Biermann, A. Franckowiak, Francis Halzen, György Mező, "Searching for temporary gamma-ray dark blazars associated with IceCube neutrinos", submitted to A&A
  • R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, ... A. Franckowiak, ..., C. Lagunas Gualda, ... et al., "Search for correlations of high-energy neutrinos detected in IceCube with radio-bright AGN and gamma-ray emission from blazars", ApJ 954 (2023) 1, 75
  • R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, ... A. Franckowiak, ..., J. Necker, ...R. Stein, ... et al., "Constraining High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Supernovae with IceCube", ApJL 949 (2023) 1, L12
  • E. Kasai, P. Goldoni, S. Pita, ... V. Fallah Ramazani, ... et al. "Optical Spectroscopy of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array - II ", MNRAS 518, 2 (2023)
  • T. de Jaeger, B.J. Shappee, C.S. Kochanek, J.T. Hinkle, S. Garrappa, I. Liodakis, A. Franckowiak, et al, "Optical/γ-ray blazar flare correlations: understanding the high-energy emission process using ASAS-SN and Fermi light curves", MNRAS 519, 4 (2023)
  • R. Stein, S. Reusch, A. Franckowiak, M. Kowalski, J. Necker, S. Weimann et al. "Neutrino follow-up with the Zwicky Transient Facility: Results from the first 24 campaigns", MNRAS 521, 4, 5046-5063 (2023)
  • V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, ... V. Fallah Ramazani,... et al. "Long-term multi-wavelength study of 1ES 0647+250", A&A 670, A49 (2023)

2022

  • E. Kun, I. Bartos, J. Becker Tjus, P.L. Biermann, A. Franckowiak, F. Halzen, "Multiwavelength search for the origin of IceCube's neutrinos", ApJ 934, 2, 180 (2022)
  • S. Reusch, R. Stein, M. Kowalski, S. van Velzen, A. Franckowiak, ..., S. Garrappa, ... J. Necker et al., "The candidate tidal disruption event AT2019fdr coincident with a high-energy neutrino", PRL 128 (2022) 221101
  • V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, ... V. Fallah Ramazani,... et al. "Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays", Nature Astronomy 2022
  • J. Necker, T. de Jaeger, R. Stein, A. Franckowiak, B.J. Shappee et al. "ASAS-SN follow-up of IceCube high-energy neutrino alerts", MNRAS 516, 2, 2455-2469 (2022)
  • T. de Jaeger, B. J. Shappee, C. S. Kochanek, K. Z. Stanek, J. F. Beacom, T. W.-S. Holoien, Todd A. Thompson, A. Franckowiak, S. Holmbo, "ASAS-SN search for optical counterparts of gravitational-wave events from the third observing run of Advanced LIGO/Virgo", MNRAS 509 (2022) 3427
  • V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, ... V. Fallah Ramazani,... et al., "Multiwavelength study of the gravitationally lensed blazar QSO B0218+357 between 2016 and 2020", MNRAS 510 (2022), 2344

2021

  • V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, ... V. Fallah Ramazani,... et al., "First detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from TXS 1515-273, study of its X-ray variability and spectral energy distribution", MNRAS 507 (2021), 1528
  • X. Rodrigues, S. Garrappa, S. Gao, V. Paliya, A. Franckowiak, W. Winter, "Multi-wavelength and neutrino emission from blazar PKS 1502+106", ApJ 912 (2021) 1, 54
  • R. Stein, S. van Velzen, M. Kowalski, A. Franckowiak, ... S. Garrappa ...S. Reusch, ... et al., "A high-energy neutrino coincident with a tidal disruption event", Nature Astronomy 5, 510-518 (2021)
  • X. Rodrigues, J. Heinze, A. Palladino, A. van Vliet, W. Winter, "Blazar origin of the UHECRs and perspectives for the detection of astrophysical source neutrinos at EeV energies", PRL 126 (2021) 19, 191101

2020

  • M. Kasliwal, S. Anand, T. Ahumada, R. Stein, ...S. Reusch, ... A. Franckowiak,... et al., "Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Mergers", ApJ 905 (2020)
  • V. S. Paliya, M. Böttcher, A. Olmo-García, A. Domínguez, A. Gil de Paz, A. Franckowiak, S. Garrappa, R. Stein, "Multi-Frequency Observations of the Candidate Neutrino Emitting Blazar BZB J0955+3551", ApJ, 902, 29 (2020)
  • V. S. Paliya et al., "TXS 2116−077: A Gamma-ray Emitting Relativistic Jet Hosted in a Galaxy Merger", ApJ 892 (2020)
  • V. S. Paliya et al., "Blazars at the Cosmic Dawn", ApJ, 897, 177 (2020)
  • A. Franckowiak, S. Garrappa, V. Paliya, B. Shappee, R. Stein, et al., "Patterns in the multi-wavelength behavior of candidate neutrino blazars", ApJ, 893, 162 (2020)
  • Andrea Palladino, Arjen van Vliet, Walter Winter, A. Franckowiak, "Can astrophysical neutrinos trace the origin of the detected ultra-high energy cosmic rays?", MNRAS 494 (2020)

2019

  • V. S. Paliya, A. Dominguez, M. Ajello, A. Franckowiak, D. Hartmann "Fermi-LAT Stacking Analysis Technique: An Application to Extreme Blazars and Prospects for their CTA Detection", ApJ 882L, 3 (2019)
  • S. van Velzen, S. Gezari, S. B. Cenko, ... R. Stein ... et al., "The first tidal disruption flare in ZTF: from photometric selection to multi-wavelength characterization", ApJ 872 (2019)
  • J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, J. van Santen, ... A. Franckowiak, ... L. Rauch, ... S. Reusch, ... R. Stein ... et al., "Transient processing and analysis using 𝙰𝙼𝙿𝙴𝙻: Alert Management, Photometry and Evaluation of Lightcurves", A&A 631, A147 (2019)
  • R. Morgan, K. Bechtol, R. Kessler, ... A. Franckowiak, ... et al., "A DECam Search for Explosive Optical Transients Associated with IceCube Neutrino Alerts", ApJ 883, 125 (2019)
  • E. Kankare, M. Huber, S. J. Smartt, ... A. Franckowiak, ... et al., "Search for transient optical counterparts to high-energy IceCube neutrinos with Pan-STARRS1", A&A 626, A117 (2019)
  • S. Garrappa, S. Buson, A. Franckowiak et al., "Investigation of two Fermi-LAT gamma-ray blazars coincident with high-energy neutrinos detected by IceCube"ApJ 880 103 (2019)
  • N. L. Strotjohann, M. Kowalski, A. Franckowiak, "Eddington bias for cosmic neutrino sources", A&A 622, L9 (2019)
  • M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, ... A. Franckowiak, ..., R. Stein, ... et al., "Constraints on minute-scale transient astrophysical neutrino sources", PRL 122, 051102 (2019)
  • K. Murase, A. Franckowiak, K. Maeda, R. Margutti, J. F. Beacom, "High-Energy Emission from Interacting Supernovae: New Constraints on Cosmic-Ray Acceleration in Dense Circumstellar Environments", ApJ 874, 80 (2019)

2018

  • M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, ... A. Franckowiak, ..., R. Stein, ... et al., "Multi-messenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A" Science 361, eaat1378 (2018)
  • M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, ... A. Franckowiak, ..., R. Stein, ... et al., "Neutrino emission from the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 prior to the IceCube-170922A alert" Science 361, 147-151 (2018)
  • A. Franckowiak, P. Jean, M. Wood, C. C. Cheung, S. Buson "Search for Gamma-ray Emission from Galactic Novae with the Fermi-LAT" A&A 609, A120 (2018)

2017

  • M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, ... A. Franckowiak, ... et al., "Multiwavelength follow-up of a rare IceCube neutrino multiplet", A&A 607, A115 (2017)
  • M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, ... A. Franckowiak, ... et al., "The IceCube Realtime Alert System", Astropart. Phys., 92, 30 (2017)