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Candidate Tidal Disruption Event AT2019fdr Coincident with a High-Energy Neutrino

Reusch, S, Stein, R, Kowalski, M, Van Velzen, S, Franckowiak, A, Lunardini, C, Murase, K, Winter, W, Miller-Jones, JCA, Kasliwal, MM, Gilfanov, M, Garrappa, S, Paliya, VS, Ahumada, T, Anand, S, Barbarino, C, Bellm, EC, Brinnel, V, Buson, S, Cenko, SB , Coughlin, MW, De, K, Dekany, R, Frederick, S, Gal-Yam, A, Gezari, S, Giroletti, M, Graham, MJ, Karambelkar, V, Kimura, SS, Kong, AKH, Kool, EC, Laher, RR, Medvedev, P, Necker, J, Nordin, J, Perley, DA, Rigault, M, Rusholme, B, Schulze, S, Schweyer, T, Singer, LP, Sollerman, J, Strotjohann, NL, Sunyaev, R, Van Santen, J, Walters, R, Zhang, BT and Zimmerman, E (2022) Candidate Tidal Disruption Event AT2019fdr Coincident with a High-Energy Neutrino. Physical Review Letters, 128 (22). ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

The origins of the high-energy cosmic neutrino flux remain largely unknown. Recently, one high-energy neutrino was associated with a tidal disruption event (TDE). Here we present AT2019fdr, an exceptionally luminous TDE candidate, coincident with another high-energy neutrino. Our observations, including a bright dust echo and soft late-time x-ray emission, further support a TDE origin of this flare. The probability of finding two such bright events by chance is just 0.034%. We evaluate several models for neutrino production and show that AT2019fdr is capable of producing the observed high-energy neutrino, reinforcing the case for TDEs as neutrino sources.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the Accepted Version which has been accepted for publishing in the Journal Physical Review Letters.
Uncontrolled Keywords: 01 Mathematical Sciences; 02 Physical Sciences; 09 Engineering; General Physics
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
SWORD Depositor: A Symplectic
Date Deposited: 01 Aug 2022 10:42
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2022 10:45
DOI or ID number: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.221101
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17316
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