| Proposal ID | 069483 |
| Title | A late time look at the relativistic tidal disruption event Swift 2058+0516 |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0694830201 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c2c2gc8 |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Andrew Levan |
| Abstract | In March and May this year, our collaboration discovered two examples of anapparently new class of high energy transient. Named Swift 1644+57 and Swift2058+0516, they are exceptionally X-ray bright events, accompanied by emissionacross the electromagnetic spectrum. A working model is that these are the tidaldisruption of a star by the central black hole in a distant galaxy, althoughalternative models remain plausible. Here we seek long term observations ofSwift 2058+0516. Using XMM-Newton we will measure both the lightcurve andspectrum at late times while the source is too faint for the Swift-XRT. In doingso we will determine late time properties of the object (e.g. disc vs jet) andcompare the lightcurve to the expectations for tidal disruption events. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2012-05-01T17:21:43Z/2012-05-02T08:40:23Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2013-05-12T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | "swift 2058", "late time look", "tidal disruption", "XMM-Newton", "late time properties", "swift xrt", "central blackhole", "electromagnetic spectrum", "energy transient", "xray bright events", "distant galaxy", "XMM", "alternative models", "named swift 1644", "tidal disruption events", "xmm newton" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Andrew Levan, 2013, 'A late time look at the relativistic tidal disruption event Swift 2058+0516', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c2c2gc8 |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |