_version_ 1866915472671244288
author Nayana, A. J.
Margutti, Raffaella
Wiston, Eli
Laskar, Tanmoy
Migliori, Giulia
Chornock, Ryan
Galvin, Timothy J.
LeBaron, Natalie
Hajela, Aprajita
Christy, Collin T.
Sfaradi, Itai
Tsuna, Daichi
Aspegren, Olivia
De Colle, Fabio
Metzger, Brian D.
Lu, Wenbin
Beniamini, Paz
Kasen, Daniel
Berger, Edo
Grefenstette, Brian W.
Alexander, Kate D.
Anupama, G. C.
Coppejans, Deanne L.
Cruz, Luigi F.
DeBoer, David R
Drout, Maria R.
Farah, Wael
Huang, Xiaoshan
Jacobson-Galán, W. V.
Milisavljevic, Dan
Pollak, Alexander W.
Roth, Nathan J.
Sears, Huei
Siemion, Andrew
Sheikh, Sofia Z.
Steiner, James F.
Vurm, Indrek
author_facet Nayana, A. J.
Margutti, Raffaella
Wiston, Eli
Laskar, Tanmoy
Migliori, Giulia
Chornock, Ryan
Galvin, Timothy J.
LeBaron, Natalie
Hajela, Aprajita
Christy, Collin T.
Sfaradi, Itai
Tsuna, Daichi
Aspegren, Olivia
De Colle, Fabio
Metzger, Brian D.
Lu, Wenbin
Beniamini, Paz
Kasen, Daniel
Berger, Edo
Grefenstette, Brian W.
Alexander, Kate D.
Anupama, G. C.
Coppejans, Deanne L.
Cruz, Luigi F.
DeBoer, David R
Drout, Maria R.
Farah, Wael
Huang, Xiaoshan
Jacobson-Galán, W. V.
Milisavljevic, Dan
Pollak, Alexander W.
Roth, Nathan J.
Sears, Huei
Siemion, Andrew
Sheikh, Sofia Z.
Steiner, James F.
Vurm, Indrek
contents We present X-ray (0.3--79 keV) and radio (0.25--203 GHz) observations of the most luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) AT\,2024wpp at $z=0.0868$, spanning 2--280 days after first light. AT 2024wpp shows luminous ($L_{\rm X} \approx 1.5 \times 10^{43}\, \rm erg\,s^{-1}$), variable X-ray emission with a Compton hump peaking at $δt \approx 50$ days. The X-ray spectrum evolves from a soft ($F_ν \propto ν^{-0.6}$) to an extremely hard state ($F_ν \propto ν^{1.26}$) accompanied by a re-brightening at $δt \approx 50$\,days. The X-ray emission properties favor an embedded high-energy source shining through asymmetric expanding ejecta. We detect radio emission peaking at $L_{\rm 9\,GHz} \approx 1.7 \times 10^{29}\,\rm erg\,s^{-1}\,Hz^{-1}$ at $δt \approx 73$ days. The spectral evolution is unprecedented: the early millimeter fluxes rise nearly an order of magnitude during $δt \approx 17-32$ days followed by a decline in spectral peak fluxes. We model the radio emission as synchrotron radiation from an expanding blast wave interacting with a dense environment ($\dot{M} \sim 10^{-3}\, \rm M_{\odot}\,yr^{-1}$ for $v_{\rm w} = 1000\,\rm km\,s^{-1}$). The inferred outflow velocities increase from $Γβc \approx 0.07\, \rm to\,0.42c$ during $δt \approx 32-73$ days, indicating an accelerating blast-wave. We interpret these observations as a shock propagating through a dense shell of radius $\approx 10^{16}$\,cm, then accelerating into a steep density profile $ρ_{\rm CSM}(r) \propto r^{-3.1}$. All radio-bright LFBOTs exhibit similar circumstellar medium (CSM) density profiles ($ρ_{\rm CSM} \propto r^{-3}$), suggesting similar progenitor processes. The X-ray and radio properties favor a progenitor involving super-Eddington accretion onto a compact object launching mildly-relativistic disk-wind outflows.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2509_00952
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle The Most Luminous Known Fast Blue Optical Transient AT 2024wpp: Unprecedented Evolution and Properties in the X-rays and Radio
Nayana, A. J.
Margutti, Raffaella
Wiston, Eli
Laskar, Tanmoy
Migliori, Giulia
Chornock, Ryan
Galvin, Timothy J.
LeBaron, Natalie
Hajela, Aprajita
Christy, Collin T.
Sfaradi, Itai
Tsuna, Daichi
Aspegren, Olivia
De Colle, Fabio
Metzger, Brian D.
Lu, Wenbin
Beniamini, Paz
Kasen, Daniel
Berger, Edo
Grefenstette, Brian W.
Alexander, Kate D.
Anupama, G. C.
Coppejans, Deanne L.
Cruz, Luigi F.
DeBoer, David R
Drout, Maria R.
Farah, Wael
Huang, Xiaoshan
Jacobson-Galán, W. V.
Milisavljevic, Dan
Pollak, Alexander W.
Roth, Nathan J.
Sears, Huei
Siemion, Andrew
Sheikh, Sofia Z.
Steiner, James F.
Vurm, Indrek
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present X-ray (0.3--79 keV) and radio (0.25--203 GHz) observations of the most luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) AT\,2024wpp at $z=0.0868$, spanning 2--280 days after first light. AT 2024wpp shows luminous ($L_{\rm X} \approx 1.5 \times 10^{43}\, \rm erg\,s^{-1}$), variable X-ray emission with a Compton hump peaking at $δt \approx 50$ days. The X-ray spectrum evolves from a soft ($F_ν \propto ν^{-0.6}$) to an extremely hard state ($F_ν \propto ν^{1.26}$) accompanied by a re-brightening at $δt \approx 50$\,days. The X-ray emission properties favor an embedded high-energy source shining through asymmetric expanding ejecta. We detect radio emission peaking at $L_{\rm 9\,GHz} \approx 1.7 \times 10^{29}\,\rm erg\,s^{-1}\,Hz^{-1}$ at $δt \approx 73$ days. The spectral evolution is unprecedented: the early millimeter fluxes rise nearly an order of magnitude during $δt \approx 17-32$ days followed by a decline in spectral peak fluxes. We model the radio emission as synchrotron radiation from an expanding blast wave interacting with a dense environment ($\dot{M} \sim 10^{-3}\, \rm M_{\odot}\,yr^{-1}$ for $v_{\rm w} = 1000\,\rm km\,s^{-1}$). The inferred outflow velocities increase from $Γβc \approx 0.07\, \rm to\,0.42c$ during $δt \approx 32-73$ days, indicating an accelerating blast-wave. We interpret these observations as a shock propagating through a dense shell of radius $\approx 10^{16}$\,cm, then accelerating into a steep density profile $ρ_{\rm CSM}(r) \propto r^{-3.1}$. All radio-bright LFBOTs exhibit similar circumstellar medium (CSM) density profiles ($ρ_{\rm CSM} \propto r^{-3}$), suggesting similar progenitor processes. The X-ray and radio properties favor a progenitor involving super-Eddington accretion onto a compact object launching mildly-relativistic disk-wind outflows.
title The Most Luminous Known Fast Blue Optical Transient AT 2024wpp: Unprecedented Evolution and Properties in the X-rays and Radio
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00952