Note: This is an approved Cycle 20 program to follow-up 6 ZTF TDEs with two epochs of X-ray imaging with XMM. This builds upon our XMM program from Cycle 18 for ZTF-I TDEs.
Thesis? this could support a graduate student working with me at STScI
Abstract: The importance of this program will be to probe the evolution of the X-ray emission, and use the spectral properties to distinguish between models (reprocessing vs. circularization delay). This project should be complementary to the eROSITA selected TDE sample.