Discovery and follow-up of ASASSN-19dj: an X-ray and UV luminous TDE in an extreme post-starburst galaxy
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We present observations of ASASSN-19dj, a nearby tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered in the post-starburst galaxy KUG 0810+227 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) at a distance of d similar or equal to 98 Mpc. We observed ASASSN-19dj from -21 to 392 d relative to peak ultraviolet (UV)/optical emission using high-cadence, multiwavelength spectroscopy and photometry. From the ASAS-SN g-band data, we determine that the TDE began to brighten on 2019 February 6.8 and for the first 16 d the rise was consistent with a flux proportional to t(2) power law. ASASSN-19dj peaked in the UV/optical on 2019 March 6.5 (MJD = 58548.5) at a bolometric luminosity of L = (6.2 +/- 0.2) x 10(44) erg s(-1). Initially remaining roughly constant in X-rays and slowly fading in the UV/optical, the X-ray flux increased by over an order of magnitude similar to 225 d after peak, resulting from the expansion of the X-ray emitting region. The late-time X-ray emission is well fitted by a blackbody with an effective radius of similar to 1 x 10(12) cm and a temperature of similar to x 10(5) K. The X-ray hardness ratio becomes softer after brightening and then returns to a harder state as the X-rays fade. Analysis of Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey images reveals a nuclear outburst roughly 14.5 yr earlier with a smooth decline and a luminosity of L-V >= 1.4 x 10(43) erg s(-1), although the nature of the flare is unknown. ASASSN-19dj occurred in the most extreme post-starburst galaxy yet to host a TDE, with Lick H delta A = 7.67 +/- 0.17 angstrom.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 500 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 1673-1696 |
Number of pages | 24 |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 2021 |
- accretion, accretion discs, black hole physics, galaxies: nuclei, TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENT, SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLES, DIGITAL SKY SURVEY, HOST GALAXIES, SPECTROSCOPIC EVOLUTION, STAR, EMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, OUTBURST, CALIBRATION
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