Candidate Tidal Disruption Event AT2019fdr Coincident with a High-Energy Neutrino

Journal
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Reusch, Simeon
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Stein, Robert
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Kowalski, Marek
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van Velzen, Sjoert
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Franckowiak, Anna
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Lunardini, Cecilia
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Murase, Kohta
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Winter, Walter
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Miller-Jones, James C. A.
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Kasliwal, Mansi M.
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Gilfanov, Marat
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Garrappa, Simone
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Paliya, Vaidehi S.
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Ahumada, Tomás
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Anand, Shreya
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Barbarino, Cristina
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Bellm, Eric C.
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Brinnel, Valéry
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Buson, Sara
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Cenko, S. Bradley
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Coughlin, Michael W.
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De, Kishalay
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Dekany, Richard
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Frederick, Sara
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Gal-Yam, Avishay
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Gezari, Suvi
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Graham, Matthew J.
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Karambelkar, Viraj
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Kimura, Shigeo S.
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Kong, Albert K. H.
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Kool, Erik C.
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Laher, Russ R.
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Medvedev, Pavel
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Necker, Jannis
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Nordin, Jakob
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Perley, Daniel A.
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Rigault, Mickael
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Rusholme, Ben
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Schulze, Steve
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Schweyer, Tassilo
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Singer, Leo P.
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Sollerman, Jesper
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Strotjohann, Nora Linn
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Sunyaev, Rashid
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van Santen, Jakob
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Walters, Richard
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Zhang, B. Theodore
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Zimmerman, Erez
DOI
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.
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128
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22
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221101
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0031-9007
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2022PhRvL.128v1101R
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