dc.contributor.author | Zauderer, Bevin Ashley | |
dc.contributor.author | Berger, Edo | |
dc.contributor.author | Soderberg, Alicia M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Loeb, Abraham | |
dc.contributor.author | Narayan, Ramesh | |
dc.contributor.author | Frail, D. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Petitpas, Glen Raymond | |
dc.contributor.author | Brunthaler, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chornock, Ryan T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Carpenter, J. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pooley, G. G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mooley, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kulkarni, S. R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Margutti, Raffaella | |
dc.contributor.author | Fox, D. B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nakar, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Patel, Nimesh A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Volgenau, N. H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Culverhouse, T. L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bietenholz, M. F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rupen, M. P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Max-Moerbeck, W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Readhead, A. C. S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Richards, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Shepherd, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Storm, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hull, Charles L. H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-26T19:07:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Zauderer, B. A., E. Berger, A. M. Soderberg, A. Loeb, R. Narayan, D. A. Frail, G. R. Petitpas, et al. 2011. Birth of a Relativistic Outflow in the Unusual γ-Ray Transient Swift J164449.3+573451. Nature 476, no. 7361: 425–428. doi:10.1038/nature10366 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0028-0836 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1476-4687 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:34299213 | |
dc.description.abstract | Active galactic nuclei, which are powered by long-term accretion onto central supermassive black holes, produce1 relativistic jets with lifetimes of at least one million years, and the observation of the birth of such a jet is therefore unlikely. Transient accretion onto a supermassive black hole, for example through the tidal disruption2, 3 of a stray star, thus offers a rare opportunity to study the birth of a relativistic jet. On 25 March 2011, an unusual transient source (Swift J164449.3+573451) was found4, potentially representing5, 6 such an accretion event. Here we report observations spanning centimetre to millimetre wavelengths and covering the first month of evolution of a luminous radio transient associated with Swift J164449.3+573451. The radio transient coincides7 with the nucleus of an inactive galaxy. We conclude that we are seeing a newly formed relativistic outflow, launched by transient accretion onto a million-solar-mass black hole. A relativistic outflow is not predicted in this situation, but we show that the tidal disruption of a star naturally explains the observed high-energy properties and radio luminosity and the inferred rate of such events. The weaker beaming in the radio-frequency spectrum relative to γ-rays or X-rays suggests that radio searches may uncover similar events out to redshifts of z ≈ 6. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Astronomy | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi:10.1038/nature10366 | en_US |
dc.relation.hasversion | http://arxiv.org/pdf/1106.3568v1.pdf | en_US |
dash.license | OAP | |
dc.subject | Astronomy | en_US |
dc.subject | Astrophysics | en_US |
dc.subject | Physics | en_US |
dc.title | Birth of a relativistic outflow in the unusual γ-ray transient Swift J164449.3+573451 | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Nature | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Narayan, Ramesh | |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-26T19:07:00Z | |
dash.affiliation.other | Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/nature10366 | * |
dash.authorsordered | false | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Hull, Charles | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Patel, Nimesh | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Petitpas, Glen | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Zauderer, B | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Chornock, R | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Narayan, Ramesh | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Margutti, Raffaella | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Soderberg, Alicia | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Loeb, Abraham | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Berger, Edo | |