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A very luminous jet from the disruption of a star by a massive black hole : [Inkl. Correction]. / Andreoni, Igor; Coughlin, Michael W.; Perley, Daniel A.; Yao, Yuhan; Lu, Wenbin; Cenko, S. Bradley; Kumar, Harsh; Anand, Shreya; Ho, Anna Y. Q.; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; Postigo, Antonio de Ugarte; Sagues-Carracedo, Ana; Schulze, Steve; Kann, D. Alexander; Kulkarni, S. R.; Sollerman, Jesper; Tanvir, Nial; Rest, Armin; Izzo, Luca; Somalwar, Jean J.; Kaplan, David L.; Ahumada, Tomas; Anupama, G. C.; Auchettl, Katie; Barway, Sudhanshu; Bellm, Eric C.; Bhalerao, Varun; Bloom, Joshua S.; Bremer, Michael; Bulla, Mattia; Burns, Eric; Campana, Sergio; Chandra, Poonam; Charalampopoulos, Panos; Cooke, Jeff; D'Elia, Valerio; Das, Kaustav Kashyap; Dobie, Dougal; Fernandez, Jose Feliciano Agui; Freeburn, James; Fremling, Cristoffer; Gezari, Suvi; Goode, Simon; Graham, Matthew J.; Hammerstein, Erica; Karambelkar, Viraj R.; Kilpatrick, Charles D.; Kool, Erik C.; Krips, Melanie; Laher, Russ R.; Leloudas, Giorgos; Levan, Andrew; Lundquist, Michael J.; Mahabal, Ashish A.; Medford, Michael S.; Miller, M. Coleman; Moller, Anais; Mooley, Kunal P.; Nayana, A. J.; Nir, Guy; Pang, Peter T. H.; Paraskeva, Emmy; Perley, Richard A.; Petitpas, Glen; Pursiainen, Miika; Ravi, Vikram; Ridden-Harper, Ryan; Riddle, Reed; Rigault, Mickael; Rodriguez, Antonio C.; Rusholme, Ben; Sharma, Yashvi; Smith, I. A.; Stein, Robert D.; Thone, Christina; Tohuvavohu, Aaron; Valdes, Frank; van Roestel, Jan; Vergani, Susanna D.; Wang, Qinan; Zhang, Jielai.
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T1 - A very luminous jet from the disruption of a star by a massive black hole
T2 - [Inkl. Correction]
AU - Andreoni, Igor
AU - Coughlin, Michael W.
AU - Perley, Daniel A.
AU - Yao, Yuhan
AU - Lu, Wenbin
AU - Cenko, S. Bradley
AU - Kumar, Harsh
AU - Anand, Shreya
AU - Ho, Anna Y. Q.
AU - Kasliwal, Mansi M.
AU - Postigo, Antonio de Ugarte
AU - Sagues-Carracedo, Ana
AU - Schulze, Steve
AU - Kann, D. Alexander
AU - Kulkarni, S. R.
AU - Sollerman, Jesper
AU - Tanvir, Nial
AU - Rest, Armin
AU - Izzo, Luca
AU - Somalwar, Jean J.
AU - Kaplan, David L.
AU - Ahumada, Tomas
AU - Anupama, G. C.
AU - Auchettl, Katie
AU - Barway, Sudhanshu
AU - Bellm, Eric C.
AU - Bhalerao, Varun
AU - Bloom, Joshua S.
AU - Bremer, Michael
AU - Bulla, Mattia
AU - Burns, Eric
AU - Campana, Sergio
AU - Chandra, Poonam
AU - Charalampopoulos, Panos
AU - Cooke, Jeff
AU - D'Elia, Valerio
AU - Das, Kaustav Kashyap
AU - Dobie, Dougal
AU - Fernandez, Jose Feliciano Agui
AU - Freeburn, James
AU - Fremling, Cristoffer
AU - Gezari, Suvi
AU - Goode, Simon
AU - Graham, Matthew J.
AU - Hammerstein, Erica
AU - Karambelkar, Viraj R.
AU - Kilpatrick, Charles D.
AU - Kool, Erik C.
AU - Krips, Melanie
AU - Laher, Russ R.
AU - Leloudas, Giorgos
AU - Levan, Andrew
AU - Lundquist, Michael J.
AU - Mahabal, Ashish A.
AU - Medford, Michael S.
AU - Miller, M. Coleman
AU - Moller, Anais
AU - Mooley, Kunal P.
AU - Nayana, A. J.
AU - Nir, Guy
AU - Pang, Peter T. H.
AU - Paraskeva, Emmy
AU - Perley, Richard A.
AU - Petitpas, Glen
AU - Pursiainen, Miika
AU - Ravi, Vikram
AU - Ridden-Harper, Ryan
AU - Riddle, Reed
AU - Rigault, Mickael
AU - Rodriguez, Antonio C.
AU - Rusholme, Ben
AU - Sharma, Yashvi
AU - Smith, I. A.
AU - Stein, Robert D.
AU - Thone, Christina
AU - Tohuvavohu, Aaron
AU - Valdes, Frank
AU - van Roestel, Jan
AU - Vergani, Susanna D.
AU - Wang, Qinan
AU - Zhang, Jielai
N1 - Correction: 10.1038/s41586-023-05699-0 Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05699-0
PY - 2022/12/15
Y1 - 2022/12/15
N2 - Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are bursts of electromagnetic energy that are released when supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies violently disrupt a star that passes too close(1). TDEs provide a window through which to study accretion onto supermassive black holes; in some rare cases, this accretion leads to launching of a relativistic jet(2-9), but the necessary conditions are not fully understood. The best-studied jetted TDE so far is Swift J1644+57, which was discovered in gamma-rays, but was too obscured by dust to be seen at optical wavelengths. Here we report the optical detection of AT2022cmc, a rapidly fading source at cosmological distance (redshift z = 1.19325) the unique light curve of which transitioned into a luminous plateau within days. Observations of a bright counterpart at other wavelengths, including X-ray, submillimetre and radio, supports the interpretation of AT2022cmc as a jetted TDE containing a synchrotron 'afterglow', probably launched by a supermassive black hole with spin greater than approximately 0.3. Using four years of Zwicky Transient Facility(10) survey data, we calculate a rate of 0.02(-0.01)(+0.04) Gpc(-3) yr(-1) for on-axis jetted TDEs on the basis of the luminous, fast-fading red component, thus providing a measurement complementary to the rates derived from X-ray and radio observations(11). Correcting for the beaming angle effects, this rate confirms that approximately 1 per cent of TDEs have relativistic jets. Optical surveys can use AT2022cmc as a prototype to unveil a population of jetted TDEs.
AB - Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are bursts of electromagnetic energy that are released when supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies violently disrupt a star that passes too close(1). TDEs provide a window through which to study accretion onto supermassive black holes; in some rare cases, this accretion leads to launching of a relativistic jet(2-9), but the necessary conditions are not fully understood. The best-studied jetted TDE so far is Swift J1644+57, which was discovered in gamma-rays, but was too obscured by dust to be seen at optical wavelengths. Here we report the optical detection of AT2022cmc, a rapidly fading source at cosmological distance (redshift z = 1.19325) the unique light curve of which transitioned into a luminous plateau within days. Observations of a bright counterpart at other wavelengths, including X-ray, submillimetre and radio, supports the interpretation of AT2022cmc as a jetted TDE containing a synchrotron 'afterglow', probably launched by a supermassive black hole with spin greater than approximately 0.3. Using four years of Zwicky Transient Facility(10) survey data, we calculate a rate of 0.02(-0.01)(+0.04) Gpc(-3) yr(-1) for on-axis jetted TDEs on the basis of the luminous, fast-fading red component, thus providing a measurement complementary to the rates derived from X-ray and radio observations(11). Correcting for the beaming angle effects, this rate confirms that approximately 1 per cent of TDEs have relativistic jets. Optical surveys can use AT2022cmc as a prototype to unveil a population of jetted TDEs.
KW - ZWICKY TRANSIENT FACILITY
KW - TIDAL DISRUPTION
KW - X-RAY
KW - ULTRAVIOLET TRANSIENT
KW - RELATIVISTIC JET
KW - PRE-SWIFT
KW - MILLIMETER
KW - SUPERNOVA
KW - STELLAR
KW - SCUBA-2
U2 - 10.1038/s41586-022-05465-8
DO - 10.1038/s41586-022-05465-8
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36450988
VL - 612
SP - 430
EP - 434
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7940
ER -
ID: 338422124