Opt. & UV evolution of the TDE iPTF15af

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We present multiwavelength observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) iPTF15af, discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory survey at redshift z=0.07897. The optical and ultraviolet (UV) light curves of the transient show a slow decay over 5 months, in agreement with previous optically discovered TDEs. It also has a comparable blackbody peak luminosity of L_peak_~1.5x10^44^erg/s. The inferred temperature from the optical and UV data shows a value of (3-5)x10^4^K. The transient is not detected in X-rays up to L_X_10^23^cm^-2^. This optically thick gas would also explain the nondetection in soft X-rays. The profile of the absorption lines with the highest column density material at the largest velocity is opposite that of BAL QSOs. We suggest that radiation pressure generated by the TDE flare at early times could have provided the initial acceleration mechanism for this gas. Spectral UV line monitoring of future TDEs could test this proposal.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18730092
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Creator Blagorodnova N.; Cenko S.B.; Kulkarni S.R.; Arcavi I.; Bloom J.S.,Duggan G.; Filippenko A.V.; Fremling C.; Horesh A.; Hosseinzadeh G.,Karamehmetoglu E.; Levan A.; Masci F.J.; Nugent P.E.; Pasham D.R.,Veilleux S.; Walters R.; Yan L.; Zheng W.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2020
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics