Candidate Tidal Disruption Event AT2019fdr Coincident with a High-Energy Neutrino
Abstract
The origins of the high-energy cosmic neutrino flux remain largely unknown. Recently, one high-energy neutrino was associated with a tidal disruption event (TDE). Here we present AT2019fdr, an exceptionally luminous TDE candidate, coincident with another high-energy neutrino. Our observations, including a bright dust echo and soft late-time x-ray emission, further support a TDE origin of this flare. The probability of finding two such bright events by chance is just 0.034%. We evaluate several models for neutrino production and show that AT2019fdr is capable of producing the observed high-energy neutrino, reinforcing the case for TDEs as neutrino sources.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.221101
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2111.09390
- Bibcode:
- 2022PhRvL.128v1101R
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 20 pages, 6 figures, 6 tables