A dust-enshrouded tidal disruption event with a resolved radio jet in a galaxy merger

dc.contributor.authorS. Mattila
dc.contributor.authorM. Pérez-Torres
dc.contributor.authorA. Efstathiou
dc.contributor.authorP. Mimica
dc.contributor.authorM. Fraser
dc.contributor.authorE. Kankare
dc.contributor.authorA. Alberdi
dc.contributor.authorM. Á. Aloy
dc.contributor.authorT. Heikkilä
dc.contributor.authorP. G. Jonker
dc.contributor.authorP. Lundqvist
dc.contributor.authorI. Martí-Vidal
dc.contributor.authorW. P. S. Meikle
dc.contributor.authorC. Romero-Cañizales
dc.contributor.authorS. J. Smartt
dc.contributor.authorS. Tsygankov
dc.contributor.authorE. Varenius
dc.contributor.authorA. Alonso-Herrero
dc.contributor.authorM. Bondi
dc.contributor.authorC. Fransson
dc.contributor.authorR. Herrero-Illana
dc.contributor.authorT. Kangas
dc.contributor.authorR. Kotak
dc.contributor.authorN. Ramírez-Olivencia
dc.contributor.authorP. Väisänen
dc.contributor.authorR. J. Beswick
dc.contributor.authorD. L. Clements
dc.contributor.authorR. Greimel
dc.contributor.authorJ. Harmanen
dc.contributor.authorJ. Kotilainen
dc.contributor.authorK. Nandra
dc.contributor.authorT. Reynolds
dc.contributor.authorS. Ryder
dc.contributor.authorN. A. Walton
dc.contributor.authorK. Wiik
dc.contributor.authorG. Östlin
dc.contributor.organizationfi=Suomen ESO-keskus|en=Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=Tuorlan observatorio|en=Tuorla Observatory|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=Turun luonnontieteiden ja lääketieteen tutkijakollegium (TCSM)|en=Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine (TCSM)|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.54954054844
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.90670098848
dc.contributor.organization-code2606705
dc.converis.publication-id32131672
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/32131672
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T13:13:56Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T13:13:56Z
dc.description.abstractTidal disruption events (TDEs) are transient flares produced when a star is ripped apart by the gravitational field of a supermassive black hole (SMBH). We have observed a transient source in the western nucleus of the merging galaxy pair Arp 299 that radiated > 1.5 x 10(52) erg at infrared and radio wavelengths but was not luminous at optical or x-ray wavelengths. We interpret this as a TDE with much of its emission reradiated at infrared wavelengths by dust. Efficient reprocessing by dense gas and dust may explain the difference between theoretical predictions and observed luminosities of TDEs. The radio observations resolve an expanding and decelerating jet, probing the jet formation and evolution around a SMBH.
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dc.identifier.eissn1095-9203
dc.identifier.jour-issn0036-8075
dc.identifier.olddbid180667
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/163761
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/32698
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2021042719399
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorMattila, Seppo
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorKankare, Erkki
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorDataimport, LLK:n yhteiset
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorHeikkilä, Teppo
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorTsygankov, Sergey
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorKangas, Tuomas
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorKotak, Rubina
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorHarmanen, Jussi
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorKotilainen, Jari
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorReynolds, Thomas
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorWiik, Kaj
dc.okm.discipline115 Astronomy and space scienceen_GB
dc.okm.discipline115 Avaruustieteet ja tähtitiedefi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationinternational co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA1 ScientificArticle
dc.publisherAMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
dc.relation.doi10.1126/science.aao4669
dc.relation.ispartofjournalScience
dc.relation.issue6401
dc.relation.volume361
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/163761
dc.titleA dust-enshrouded tidal disruption event with a resolved radio jet in a galaxy merger
dc.year.issued2018

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