Bibcode
Dgany, Yael; Arcavi, Iair; Zeltyn, Grisha; Gomez, Sebastian; Hiramatsu, Daichi; Trakhtenbrot, Benny; Newsome, Megan; Baron, Dalya; Pellegrino, Craig; Burke, Jamison; Blagorodnova, Nadejda; Jones, David; Garcia-Moreno, Gerard; Zimmerman, Erez A.; Horowicz, Asaf; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Gromadzki, Mariusz; Berger, Edo; Faris, Sara; Howell, D. Andrew; Kumar, Harsh
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal
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2026
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1
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Description
The emission mechanism and host galaxy preference of optical/UV tidal disruption events (TDEs) are still not entirely understood. We present observations of the TDE AT 2022csn, which is one of the most distant (dL ~ 726 Mpc) and luminous ( Lpeak=2.487-0.067+0.073×1044ergs-1 ) optical/UV TDEs observed to date. Although it is a spectroscopically normal H + He TDE, it shows some photometric peculiarities, exhibiting a pronounced double-peaked light curve (with peaks separated by 18.30 ± 2.84 days in the g band) and lying in the low-temperature and large-radius end of the optical/UV TDE population. The host galaxy of AT 2022csn shows evidence for a significant starburst within the last gigayear, consistent with hosts of other optical/UV TDEs, as well as narrow emission lines, consistent with hosts of Type II AGN. Interaction between the TDE and a preexisting AGN accretion disk might explain the peculiar photometric properties. However, it is puzzling that a TDE would be visible in a Type II AGN, where according to the AGN unification picture the central region around the supermassive black hole is obscured. We suggest a few scenarios to reconcile this. AT 2022csn together with AT 2019ahk, which shows similar properties, may belong to a new subset of low-temperature, high-radius TDEs in galaxies with Type II AGN emission features.