AT 2018dyk: tidal disruption event or active galactic nucleus? Follow-up observations of an extreme coronal line emitter with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

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Hauptverfasser: Clark, Peter, Callow, Joseph, Graur, Or, Greenwell, Claire, Hu, Lei, Aguilar, Jessica, Ahlen, Steven, Bianchi, Davide, Brooks, David, Claybaugh, Todd, Dawson, Kyle, de la Macorra, Axel, Doel, Peter, Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A, Gutierrez, Gaston, Honscheid, Klaus, Juneau, Stephanie, Kehoe, Robert, Kisner, Theodore, Kremin, Anthony, Landriau, Martin, Guillou, Laurent Le, Meisner, Aaron, Miquel, Ramon, Moustakas, John, Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi, Sanchez, Eusebio, Schubnell, Michael, Sprayberry, David, Tarlé, Gregory, Weaver, Benjamin A., Zou, Hu
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author Clark, Peter
Callow, Joseph
Graur, Or
Greenwell, Claire
Hu, Lei
Aguilar, Jessica
Ahlen, Steven
Bianchi, Davide
Brooks, David
Claybaugh, Todd
Dawson, Kyle
de la Macorra, Axel
Doel, Peter
Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A
Gutierrez, Gaston
Honscheid, Klaus
Juneau, Stephanie
Kehoe, Robert
Kisner, Theodore
Kremin, Anthony
Landriau, Martin
Guillou, Laurent Le
Meisner, Aaron
Miquel, Ramon
Moustakas, John
Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi
Sanchez, Eusebio
Schubnell, Michael
Sprayberry, David
Tarlé, Gregory
Weaver, Benjamin A.
Zou, Hu
author_facet Clark, Peter
Callow, Joseph
Graur, Or
Greenwell, Claire
Hu, Lei
Aguilar, Jessica
Ahlen, Steven
Bianchi, Davide
Brooks, David
Claybaugh, Todd
Dawson, Kyle
de la Macorra, Axel
Doel, Peter
Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A
Gutierrez, Gaston
Honscheid, Klaus
Juneau, Stephanie
Kehoe, Robert
Kisner, Theodore
Kremin, Anthony
Landriau, Martin
Guillou, Laurent Le
Meisner, Aaron
Miquel, Ramon
Moustakas, John
Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi
Sanchez, Eusebio
Schubnell, Michael
Sprayberry, David
Tarlé, Gregory
Weaver, Benjamin A.
Zou, Hu
contents We present fresh insights into the nature of the tidal disruption event (TDE) candidate AT 2018dyk. AT 2018dyk has sparked a debate in the literature around its classification as either a bona-fide TDE or as an active galactic nucleus (AGN) turn-on state change. A new follow-up spectrum taken with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, in combination with host-galaxy analysis using archival SDSS-MaNGA data, supports the identification of AT 2018dyk as a TDE. Specifically, we classify this object as a TDE that occurred within a gas-rich environment, which was responsible for both its mid-infrared (MIR) outburst and development of Fe coronal emission lines. Comparison with the known sample of TDE-linked extreme coronal line emitters (TDE-ECLEs) and other TDEs displaying coronal emission lines (CrL-TDEs) reveals similar characteristics and shared properties. For example, the MIR properties of both groups appear to form a continuum with links to the content and density of the material in their local environments. This includes evidence for a MIR colour-luminosity relationship in TDEs occurring within such gas-rich environments, with those with larger MIR outbursts also exhibiting redder peaks.
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spellingShingle AT 2018dyk: tidal disruption event or active galactic nucleus? Follow-up observations of an extreme coronal line emitter with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Clark, Peter
Callow, Joseph
Graur, Or
Greenwell, Claire
Hu, Lei
Aguilar, Jessica
Ahlen, Steven
Bianchi, Davide
Brooks, David
Claybaugh, Todd
Dawson, Kyle
de la Macorra, Axel
Doel, Peter
Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A
Gutierrez, Gaston
Honscheid, Klaus
Juneau, Stephanie
Kehoe, Robert
Kisner, Theodore
Kremin, Anthony
Landriau, Martin
Guillou, Laurent Le
Meisner, Aaron
Miquel, Ramon
Moustakas, John
Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi
Sanchez, Eusebio
Schubnell, Michael
Sprayberry, David
Tarlé, Gregory
Weaver, Benjamin A.
Zou, Hu
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present fresh insights into the nature of the tidal disruption event (TDE) candidate AT 2018dyk. AT 2018dyk has sparked a debate in the literature around its classification as either a bona-fide TDE or as an active galactic nucleus (AGN) turn-on state change. A new follow-up spectrum taken with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, in combination with host-galaxy analysis using archival SDSS-MaNGA data, supports the identification of AT 2018dyk as a TDE. Specifically, we classify this object as a TDE that occurred within a gas-rich environment, which was responsible for both its mid-infrared (MIR) outburst and development of Fe coronal emission lines. Comparison with the known sample of TDE-linked extreme coronal line emitters (TDE-ECLEs) and other TDEs displaying coronal emission lines (CrL-TDEs) reveals similar characteristics and shared properties. For example, the MIR properties of both groups appear to form a continuum with links to the content and density of the material in their local environments. This includes evidence for a MIR colour-luminosity relationship in TDEs occurring within such gas-rich environments, with those with larger MIR outbursts also exhibiting redder peaks.
title AT 2018dyk: tidal disruption event or active galactic nucleus? Follow-up observations of an extreme coronal line emitter with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04080