https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136101003
The first two years in the lifetime of the newly born jet associated to Sw J1644+57
1 Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), P.O. Box 03004, E-18080 Granada, Spain.
2 Institute de Radioastronomie Milimetrique (IRAM), 300 rue de la Piscine, 38406 Saint Martin d´Héres, France.
3 Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, E-23071 Jaén, Spain.
4 Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70-264, 04510 México, D. F., México.
5 Sungkyunkwan University (SUKKU), 440-746 Suwon, Korea.
6 Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
7 Space Research Institute of RAS, Profsoyuznaya, 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia.
Published online: 9 December 2013
We describe the evolution of of Swift J1644+57, whose unique X-ray properties have led several groups to interpret its behavior as corresponding to an extraordinary event of tidal disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole in the nucleus of a (z = 0.3545) galaxy, as derived by GTC. Multiwavelength observations (X-rays, optical, millimetre, centimitre) are proving to be essential to reveal the long term nature of the emission in this source. In particular, we identify for the first time the properties of a forming relativistic jet. In our interpretation of the phenomenon, we leave the still open possibility that it may correspond to the onset of a dormant AGN, but this may only be tested with longer term X-ray, millimetre and centimetre monitoring.
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