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author Gutiérrez, Claudia P.
Mattila, Seppo
Lundqvist, Peter
Dessart, Luc
González-Gaitán, Santiago
Jonker, Peter G.
Dong, Subo
Coppejans, Deanne
Chen, Ping
Charalampopoulos, Panos
Elias-Rosa, Nancy
Reynolds, Thomas
Kochanek, Christopher
Fraser, Morgan
Pastorello, Andrea
Gromadzki, Mariusz
Neustadt, Jack
Benetti, Stefano
Kankare, Erkki
Kangas, Tuomas
Kotak, Rubina
Stritzinger, Maximilian D.
Wevers, Thomas
Zhang, Bing
Bersier, David
Bose, Subhash
Buckley, David A. H.
Dastidar, Raya
Gangopadhyay, Anjasha
Hamanowicz, Aleksandra
Kollmeier, Juna
Mao, Jirong
Misra, Kuntal
Potter, Stephen B.
Prieto, Jose L.
Romero-Colmenero, Encarni
Singh, Mridweeka
Somero, Auni
Terreran, Giacomo
Vaisanen, Petri
Wyrzykowski, Lukasz
author_facet Gutiérrez, Claudia P.
Mattila, Seppo
Lundqvist, Peter
Dessart, Luc
González-Gaitán, Santiago
Jonker, Peter G.
Dong, Subo
Coppejans, Deanne
Chen, Ping
Charalampopoulos, Panos
Elias-Rosa, Nancy
Reynolds, Thomas
Kochanek, Christopher
Fraser, Morgan
Pastorello, Andrea
Gromadzki, Mariusz
Neustadt, Jack
Benetti, Stefano
Kankare, Erkki
Kangas, Tuomas
Kotak, Rubina
Stritzinger, Maximilian D.
Wevers, Thomas
Zhang, Bing
Bersier, David
Bose, Subhash
Buckley, David A. H.
Dastidar, Raya
Gangopadhyay, Anjasha
Hamanowicz, Aleksandra
Kollmeier, Juna
Mao, Jirong
Misra, Kuntal
Potter, Stephen B.
Prieto, Jose L.
Romero-Colmenero, Encarni
Singh, Mridweeka
Somero, Auni
Terreran, Giacomo
Vaisanen, Petri
Wyrzykowski, Lukasz
contents We present ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometric and optical spectroscopic observations of the luminous, fast blue optical transient (LFBOT), CSS161010:045834-081803 (CSS161010). The transient was found in a low-redshift (z=0.033) dwarf galaxy. The light curves of CSS161010 are characterized by an extremely fast evolution and blue colours. The V-band light curve shows that CSS161010 reaches an absolute peak of M$_{V}^{max}=-20.66\pm0.06$ mag in 3.8 days from the start of the outburst. After maximum, CSS161010 follows a power-law decline $\propto t^{-2.8\pm0.1}$ in all optical bands. These photometric properties are comparable to those of well-observed LFBOTs such as AT 2018cow, AT 2020mrf and AT 2020xnd. However, unlike these objects, the spectra of CSS161010 show a remarkable transformation from a blue and featureless continuum to spectra dominated by very broad, entirely blueshifted hydrogen emission lines of velocities of up to 10% of the speed of light. The persistent blueshifted emission and the lack of any emission at the rest wavelength of CSS161010 are unique features not seen in any transient before CSS161010. The combined observational properties of CSS161010 and its M$_{*}\sim10^{8}$ M$_\odot$ dwarf galaxy host favour the tidal disruption of a star by an intermediate-mass black hole as its origin.
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spellingShingle CSS161010: a luminous, fast blue optical transient with broad blueshifted hydrogen lines
Gutiérrez, Claudia P.
Mattila, Seppo
Lundqvist, Peter
Dessart, Luc
González-Gaitán, Santiago
Jonker, Peter G.
Dong, Subo
Coppejans, Deanne
Chen, Ping
Charalampopoulos, Panos
Elias-Rosa, Nancy
Reynolds, Thomas
Kochanek, Christopher
Fraser, Morgan
Pastorello, Andrea
Gromadzki, Mariusz
Neustadt, Jack
Benetti, Stefano
Kankare, Erkki
Kangas, Tuomas
Kotak, Rubina
Stritzinger, Maximilian D.
Wevers, Thomas
Zhang, Bing
Bersier, David
Bose, Subhash
Buckley, David A. H.
Dastidar, Raya
Gangopadhyay, Anjasha
Hamanowicz, Aleksandra
Kollmeier, Juna
Mao, Jirong
Misra, Kuntal
Potter, Stephen B.
Prieto, Jose L.
Romero-Colmenero, Encarni
Singh, Mridweeka
Somero, Auni
Terreran, Giacomo
Vaisanen, Petri
Wyrzykowski, Lukasz
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometric and optical spectroscopic observations of the luminous, fast blue optical transient (LFBOT), CSS161010:045834-081803 (CSS161010). The transient was found in a low-redshift (z=0.033) dwarf galaxy. The light curves of CSS161010 are characterized by an extremely fast evolution and blue colours. The V-band light curve shows that CSS161010 reaches an absolute peak of M$_{V}^{max}=-20.66\pm0.06$ mag in 3.8 days from the start of the outburst. After maximum, CSS161010 follows a power-law decline $\propto t^{-2.8\pm0.1}$ in all optical bands. These photometric properties are comparable to those of well-observed LFBOTs such as AT 2018cow, AT 2020mrf and AT 2020xnd. However, unlike these objects, the spectra of CSS161010 show a remarkable transformation from a blue and featureless continuum to spectra dominated by very broad, entirely blueshifted hydrogen emission lines of velocities of up to 10% of the speed of light. The persistent blueshifted emission and the lack of any emission at the rest wavelength of CSS161010 are unique features not seen in any transient before CSS161010. The combined observational properties of CSS161010 and its M$_{*}\sim10^{8}$ M$_\odot$ dwarf galaxy host favour the tidal disruption of a star by an intermediate-mass black hole as its origin.
title CSS161010: a luminous, fast blue optical transient with broad blueshifted hydrogen lines
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.04698