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Dr Clements

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Reader in Astrophysics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7693d.clements

 
 
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1011Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Mattila:2018:10.1126/science.aao4669,
author = {Mattila, S and Pérez-Torres, M and Efstathiou, A and Mimica, P and Fraser, M and Kankare, E and Alberdi, A and Aloy, MÁ and Heikkilä, T and Jonker, PG and Lundqvist, P and Martí-Vidal, I and Meikle, WPS and Romero-Cañizales, C and Smartt, SJ and Tsygankov, S and Varenius, E and Alonso-Herrero, A and Bondi, M and Fransson, C and Herrero-Illana, R and Kangas, T and Kotak, R and Ramírez-Olivencia, N and Väisänen, P and Beswick, RJ and Clements, DL and Greimel, R and Harmanen, J and Kotilainen, J and Nandra, K and Reynolds, T and Ryder, S and Walton, NA and Wiik, K and Östlin, G},
doi = {10.1126/science.aao4669},
journal = {Science},
pages = {482--485},
title = {A dust-enshrouded tidal disruption event with a resolved radio jet in a galaxy merger},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aao4669},
volume = {361},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are transient flares produced when a star is ripped apart by the gravitational field of a supermassive black hole (SMBH). We have observed a transient source in the western nucleus of the merging galaxy pair Arp 299 that radiated >1.5 × 1052 erg in the infrared and radio but was not luminous at optical or x-ray wavelengths. We interpret this as a TDE with much of its emission reradiated at infrared wavelengths by dust. Efficient reprocessing by dense gas and dust may explain the difference between theoretical predictions and observed luminosities of TDEs. The radio observations resolve an expanding and decelerating jet, probing the jet formation and evolution around a SMBH.
AU  - Mattila,S
AU  - Pérez-Torres,M
AU  - Efstathiou,A
AU  - Mimica,P
AU  - Fraser,M
AU  - Kankare,E
AU  - Alberdi,A
AU  - Aloy,MÁ
AU  - Heikkilä,T
AU  - Jonker,PG
AU  - Lundqvist,P
AU  - Martí-Vidal,I
AU  - Meikle,WPS
AU  - Romero-Cañizales,C
AU  - Smartt,SJ
AU  - Tsygankov,S
AU  - Varenius,E
AU  - Alonso-Herrero,A
AU  - Bondi,M
AU  - Fransson,C
AU  - Herrero-Illana,R
AU  - Kangas,T
AU  - Kotak,R
AU  - Ramírez-Olivencia,N
AU  - Väisänen,P
AU  - Beswick,RJ
AU  - Clements,DL
AU  - Greimel,R
AU  - Harmanen,J
AU  - Kotilainen,J
AU  - Nandra,K
AU  - Reynolds,T
AU  - Ryder,S
AU  - Walton,NA
AU  - Wiik,K
AU  - Östlin,G
DO  - 10.1126/science.aao4669
EP  - 485
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0036-8075
SP  - 482
TI  - A dust-enshrouded tidal disruption event with a resolved radio jet in a galaxy merger
T2  - Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aao4669
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29903886
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/60764
VL  - 361
ER  -
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