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2022MNRAS.511.5085M - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 511, 5085-5092 (2022/April-3)

What powers the radio emission in TDE AT2019dsg: A long-lived jet or the disruption itself?

MATSUMOTO T., PIRAN T. and KROLIK J.H.

Abstract (from CDS):

The tidal disruption event AT2019dsg was observed from radio to X-rays and was possibly accompanied by a high-energy neutrino. Previous interpretations have focused on continued injection by a central engine as the source of energy for radio emission. We show that continuous energy injection is unnecessary; the radio data can be explained by a single ejection of plasma that supplies all the energy needed. To support this assertion, we analyse the synchrotron self-absorbed spectra in terms of the equipartition model. Similar to previous analyses, we find that the energy in the radio-emitting region increases approximately ∝ t0.7 and the length-scale of this region grows ∝ t at a rate ≃0.06 c. This event resembles the earliest stage of a supernova remnant: because the ejected mass is much greater than the shocked external mass, its velocity remains unchanged, while the energy in shocked gas grows with time. The radio-emitting material gains energy from the outflow, not from continuing energy injection by the central object. Although energy injection from an accreting BH cannot be completely excluded, the energy injection rate is very different from the fallback luminosity, and maintaining constant outflow velocity requires fine-tuning, demanding further physical explanation. If the neutrino association is real, the energy injection needed is much greater than for the radio emission, suggesting that the detected neutrino did not arise from the radio-emitting region.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): transients: tidal disruption events - neutrinos - radio continuum: transients

CDS comments: IceCube-101001A is a misprint for IceCube-191001A.

Simbad objects: 5

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