An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy

Andrew Levan; Nial Tanvir; S.B. Cenko; D.A. Perley; K. Wiersema; J.S. Bloom; A.S. Fruchter; A. Postigo; O.T. O'Brien; N.R. Butler; A.J. van der Horst; G. Leloudas; A.N. Morgan; K. Misra; G.C. Bower; J. Farihi; R.L. Tunnicliffe; M. Modjaz; J.M. Silverman; J. Hjorth; C.C. Thone; A. Cucchiara; J.M.C. Ceron; A.J. Castro-Tirado; J.A. Arnold; M. Bremer; J.P. Brodie; T. Carroll; M.C. Cooper; P. Curran; R.M. Cutri; J. Ehle; D. Forbes; J. Fynbo; J. Gorosabel; J. Graham; D.I. Hoffman; S. Guziy; Pall Jakobsson; A.P. Kamble; T.H. Kerr; M.M. Kasliwal; C. Kouveliotou; D. Kocevski; N.M. Law; P. Nugent; E.O. Ofek; D. Poznanski; R.M. Quimby; E. Rol; A.J. Romanowsky; R. Sanchez-Ramirez; S. Schulze; N. Singh; Lieke Van Spaandonk; R.L. Starling; R.G. Strom; J.C. Tello; O. Vaduvescu; P.J. Wheatley; R.A.M.J. Wijers; J.M. Winters; D. Xu

doi:10.1126/science.1207143

An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy

Andrew Levan
, Nial Tanvir
, S.B. Cenko
, D.A. Perley
, K. Wiersema
, J.S. Bloom
, A.S. Fruchter
, A. Postigo
, O.T. O'Brien
, N.R. Butler
, A.J. van der Horst
, G. Leloudas
, A.N. Morgan
, K. Misra
, G.C. Bower
, J. Farihi
, R.L. Tunnicliffe
, M. Modjaz
, J.M. Silverman
, J. Hjorth

C.C. Thone, A. Cucchiara, J.M.C. Ceron, A.J. Castro-Tirado, J.A. Arnold, M. Bremer, J.P. Brodie, T. Carroll, M.C. Cooper, P. Curran, R.M. Cutri, J. Ehle, D. Forbes, J. Fynbo, J. Gorosabel, J. Graham, D.I. Hoffman, S. Guziy, Pall Jakobsson, A.P. Kamble, T.H. Kerr, M.M. Kasliwal, C. Kouveliotou, D. Kocevski, N.M. Law, P. Nugent, E.O. Ofek, D. Poznanski, R.M. Quimby, E. Rol, A.J. Romanowsky, R. Sanchez-Ramirez, S. Schulze, N. Singh, Lieke Van Spaandonk, R.L. Starling, R.G. Strom, J.C. Tello, O. Vaduvescu, P.J. Wheatley, R.A.M.J. Wijers, J.M. Winters, D. Xu

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Variable x-ray and gamma-ray emission is characteristic of the most extreme physical processes in the universe. We present multiwavelength observations of a unique gamma-ray-selected transient detected by the Swift satellite, accompanied by bright emission across the electromagnetic spectrum, and whose properties are unlike any previously observed source. We pinpoint the event to the center of a small, star-forming galaxy at redshift z = 0.3534. Its high-energy emission has lasted much longer than any gamma-ray burst, whereas its peak luminosity was similar to 100 times higher than bright active galactic nuclei. The association of the outburst with the center of its host galaxy suggests that this phenomenon has its origin in a rare mechanism involving the massive black hole in the nucleus of that galaxy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-202
Number of pages	36
Journal	Science
Volume	333
Issue number	6039
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207143
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Levan, A., Tanvir, N., Cenko, S. B., Perley, D. A., Wiersema, K., Bloom, J. S., Fruchter, A. S., Postigo, A., O'Brien, O. T., Butler, N. R., van der Horst, A. J., Leloudas, G., Morgan, A. N., Misra, K., Bower, G. C., Farihi, J., Tunnicliffe, R. L., Modjaz, M., Silverman, J. M., ... Xu, D. (2011). An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy. Science, 333(6039), 199-202 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207143

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An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy

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