In:
The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, Vol. 903, No. 2 ( 2020-11-01), p. 116-
Kurzfassung:
We present the discovery of a nuclear transient with the Caltech–NRAO Stripe 82 Survey (CNSS), a dedicated radio transient survey carried out with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). This transient, CNSS J001947.3+003527, exhibited a turn-on over a timescale of ≲1 yr, increasing in flux density at 3 GHz from 〈 0.14 mJy in 2014 February to 4.4 ± 0.1 mJy in 2015 March, reaching a peak luminosity of around 2015 October. The association of CNSS J0019+00 with the nucleus (Gaia and our very-long baseline interferometry positions are consistent to within 1 pc) of a nearby S0 Seyfert galaxy at 77 Mpc, together with the radio spectral evolution, implies that this transient is most likely a tidal disruption event (TDE). Our equipartition analysis indicates the presence of a ∼15,000 km s −1 outflow, having energy ∼10 49 erg. We derive the radial density profile for the circumnuclear material in the host galaxy to be proportional to R −2.5 . All of these properties suggest resemblance with radio-detected thermal TDEs like ASASSN-14li and XMMSL1 J0740-85. No significant X-ray or optical emission is detected from CNSS J0019+00, although this may simply be due to the thermal emission being weak during our late-time follow-up observations. From the CNSS survey we have obtained the first unbiased measurement of the rate of radio TDEs, R ( 〉 500 μ Jy) of about 2 × 10 −3 deg −2 , or equivalently a volumetric rate of about 10 Gpc −3 yr −1 . This rate implies that all-sky radio surveys such as the VLA Sky Survey and those planned with ASKAP, will find many tens of radio TDEs over the next few years.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0004-637X
,
1538-4357
DOI:
10.3847/1538-4357/abb94b
Sprache:
Unbekannt
Verlag:
American Astronomical Society
Publikationsdatum:
2020
ZDB Id:
2207648-7
ZDB Id:
1473835-1
SSG:
16,12
