Hinkle, Jason T. and Holoien, T. W-S and Auchettl, K. and Shappee, B. J. and Neustadt, J. M. M. and Payne, A. and Brown, J. S. and Kochanek, C. S. and Stanek, K. Z. and Graham, M. J. and Tucker, M. A. and Do, A. and Anderson, J. P. and Bose, S. and Chen, P. and Coulter, D. A. and Dimitriadis, G. and Dong, Subo and Foley, R. J. and Huber, M. E. and Hung, T. and Kilpatrick, C. D. and Pignata, G. and Piro, A. L. and Rojas-Bravo, C. and Siebert, M. R. and Stalder, B. and Thompson, Todd A. and Tonry, J. L. and Vallely, P. J. and Wisniewski, J. P. (2020) Discovery and follow-up of ASASSN-19dj: an X-ray and UV luminous TDE in an extreme post-starburst galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500 (2). pp. 1673-1696. ISSN 0035-8711
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We present observations of ASASSN-19dj, a nearby tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered in the post-starburst galaxy KUG 0810+227 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) at a distance of d ≃ 98 Mpc. We observed ASASSN-19dj from -21 to 392 d relative to peak ultraviolet (UV)/optical emission using high-cadence, multiwavelength spectroscopy and photometry. From the ASAS-SN g-band data, we determine that the TDE began to brighten on 2019 February 6.8 and for the first 16 d the rise was consistent with a flux α2 power law. ASASSN-19dj peaked in the UV/optical on 2019 March 6.5 (MJD = 58548.5) at a bolometric luminosity of L = (6.2 ± 0.2) × 1044 erg s-1. Initially remaining roughly constant in X-rays and slowly fading in the UV/optical, the X-ray flux increased by over an order of magnitude ∼225 d after peak, resulting from the expansion of the X-ray emitting region. The late-time X-ray emission is well fitted by a blackbody with an effective radius of ∼1 × 1012 cm and a temperature of ∼6 × 105 K. The X-ray hardness ratio becomes softer after brightening and then returns to a harder state as the X-rays fade. Analysis of Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey images reveals a nuclear outburst roughly 14.5 yr earlier with a smooth decline and a luminosity of LV ≥ 1.4 × 1043 erg s-1, although the nature of the flare is unknown. ASASSN-19dj occurred in the most extreme post-starburst galaxy yet to host a TDE, with Lick HδA = 7.67 ± 0.17 Å.