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| DOI | 10.3847/2041-8213/ACAF67 | ||||
| Año | 2023 | ||||
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Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star orbiting a massive black hole is sufficiently close to being tidally ripped apart by the black hole. AT 2022cmc is the first relativistic TDE that was observed (and discovered) as an optically bright and fast transient, showing signatures of nonthermal radiation induced by a jet that is oriented toward the Earth. In this work, we present optical linear and circular polarization measurements, observed with the Very Large Telescope/FORS2 in the R band (which corresponds to the blue/UV part of the spectrum in the rest frame), ∼7.2 and ∼12.2 rest-frame days after the first detection, respectively, when the light curve of the transient had settled in a bright blue plateau. Both linear and circular polarizations are consistent with zero, p lin = 0.14% ± 0.73%, and p cir = −0.30% ± 0.53%. This is the highest signal-to-noise ratio linear polarization measurement obtained for a relativistic TDE and the first circular polarimetry for such a transient. The nondetection of the linear and circular polarizations is consistent with the scenario of AT 2022cmc being a TDE where the thermal component (disk+outflows) is viewed pole-on, assuming an axially symmetric geometry. The presence and effect of a jet and/or external shocks are, however, difficult to disentangle.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Cikota, Aleksandar | Hombre |
Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center - Chile
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile Gemini Observ NSFs NOIRLab - Chile Observatorio Europeo Austral - Chile |
| 2 | Leloudas, G. | Hombre |
Technical University of Denmark - Dinamarca
Tech Univ Denmark - Dinamarca |
| 3 | Bulla, M. | Hombre |
University of Ferrara - Italia
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara - Italia Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome - Italia INFN - Italia Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia Univ Ferrara - Italia INAF - Italia |
| 4 | Dai, Lixin | Mujer |
The University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong - China Univ Hong Kong - China |
| 5 | Maund, Justyn R. | Hombre |
The University of Sheffield - Reino Unido
UNIV SHEFFIELD - Reino Unido |
| 6 | Andreoni, I. | Hombre |
University of Maryland, College Park - Estados Unidos
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Estados Unidos UNIV MARYLAND - Estados Unidos NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr - Estados Unidos |
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| National Natural Science Foundation of China |
| National Science Foundation |
| European Union |
| VILLUM FONDEN |
| Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee |
| European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern hemisphere under ESO program |
| Hong Kong Research Grants Council |
| NOIRLab |
| European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme |
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| This work is based on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO program 108.222Q.001 (PI Leloudas); the execution in service mode of these observations by the VLT operations staff is gratefully acknowledged. The work of A.C. is supported by NOIRLab, which is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. G.L. was supported by a research grant (19054) from VILLUM FONDEN. M.B. acknowledges support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme under the AHEAD2020 project (grant agreement n. 871158). L.D. acknowledges the support from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKU27305119, HKU17304821) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (HKU12122309). We thank the anonymous referee for constructive comments. |
| This work is based on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO program 108.222Q.001 (PI Leloudas); the execution in service mode of these observations by the VLT operations staff is gratefully acknowledged. The work of A.C. is supported by NOIRLab, which is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. G.L. was supported by a research grant (19054) from VILLUM FONDEN. M.B. acknowledges support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme under the AHEAD2020 project (grant agreement n. 871158). L.D. acknowledges the support from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKU27305119, HKU17304821) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (HKU12122309). We thank the anonymous referee for constructive comments. |