| Proposal ID | 077098 |
| Title | Long-Term Multi-wavelength Monitoring of a Stellar Tidal Disruption at Only 90 M |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0770980101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-lvszxmi |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Peter Maksym |
| Abstract | ASASSN-14li is a nearby (90 Mpc) X-ray bright (~10^-11 erg/s/cm^2 at peak)multiwavelength transient which resulting from the tidal disruption of a starby a massive (~10^6 Msun) black hole in a ~10^9 Msun galaxy in late 2014. Thispresents a once-per-decade opportunity to study the multi-wavelength evolutionof a non-relativistic, X-ray bright tidal disruption event at highsignal-to-noise in X-rays, ultraviolet and radio. We propose a comprehensive3-cycle Chandra, XMM-Newton, HST spectroscopy, and VLA program to study theevolution of this event over the next three years as it fades. Chandra presentsthe earliest opportunity for deep X-ray observations of this likely RosettaStone for tidal disruption events. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2015-12-10T11:19:16Z/2018-07-05T19:47:00Z |
| 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 | 2019-07-20T22:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | "XMM-Newton", "hst spectroscopy", "XMM", "msun blackhole", "mpc xray bright", "asassn 14li", "deep xray", "rosetta stone", "msun galaxy", "peak multiwavelength transient", "HST", "late 2014", "stellar tidal disruption", "vla program", "tidal disruption", "cycle chandra", "multi wavelength evolution", "term multi wavelength", "tidal disruption events", "xmm newton" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Peter Maksym, 2019, 'Long-Term Multi-wavelength Monitoring of a Stellar Tidal Disruption at Only 90 M', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-lvszxmi |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |