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Zikun Lin , Liusuo Wu , Wei‐Hua Lei , R. D. Baldi , Yang Huang , Bing Zhang , A. Y. Yang , Yangwei Zhang , D. R. Williams , Zhu-Heng Yao , Fu‐Guo Xie , De-Fu Bu , H. R. Wu , Wenxiong Li , G. Leloudas , Xinwen Shu , Dheeraj R. Pasham , Hu Zou , M. Nicholl , T. Wevers , T.E Müller-Bravo , Jingfeng Wang , Jianyan Wei , Yulei Qiu , Weijian Guo , C. P. Gutiérrez , C. Inserra , L. Makrygianni , F. Onori , T. Petrushevska , D. Altamirano , M. Á. Pérez-Torres , T. W. Chen ·

YOU? · · 2025 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2511.12477

Theories and simulations predict that intense spacetime curvature near black holes bends the trajectories of light and matter, driving disk and jet precession under relativistic torques. However, direct observational evidence of disk-jet co-precession remains elusive. Here, we report the most compelling case to date: a tidal disruption event (TDE) exhibiting unprecedented 19.6-day quasi-periodic variations in both X-rays and radio, with X-ray amplitudes exceeding an order of magnitude. The nearly synchronized X-ray and radio variations suggest a shared mechanism regulating the emission regions. We demonstrate that a disk-jet Lense-Thirring precession model successfully reproduces these variations while requiring a low-spin black hole. This study uncovers previously uncharted short-term radio variability in TDEs, highlights the transformative potential of high-cadence radio monitoring, and offers profound insights into disk-jet physics.

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Authors: Zikun Lin, Liusuo Wu, Wei‐Hua Lei, R. D. Baldi, Yang Huang, Bing Zhang, A. Y. Yang, Yangwei Zhang, D. R. Williams, Zhu-Heng Yao, Fu‐Guo Xie, De-Fu Bu, H. R. Wu, Wenxiong Li, G. Leloudas, Xinwen Shu, Dheeraj R. Pasham, Hu Zou, M. Nicholl, T. Wevers, T.E Müller-Bravo, Jingfeng Wang, Jianyan Wei, Yulei Qiu, Weijian Guo, C. P. Gutiérrez, C. Inserra, L. Makrygianni, F. Onori, T. Petrushevska, D. Altamirano, M. Á. Pérez-Torres, T. W. Chen

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