Swift J1644+57: An Ultra-Luminous X-ray Event

Details Swift J1644+57: An Ultra-Luminous X-ray Event Swift J1644+57: An Ultra-Luminous X-ray Event

2011-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/1105.2557v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

ApJL accepted

Scientific paper

The photon spectral energy distribution of the powerful transient Sw J1644+57 resembles those of the brightest Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources (ULXs). The transient nature of Sw J1644+57 is likely the result of a tidal disruption of a star by a super-massive black hole. The stellar disk generates accretion power at super-Eddington rates and the observational properties of Sw J1644+57 indicate -- in analogy with ULXs -- that the accretion flow maintains a high level of radiative efficiency with a corresponding super-Eddington luminosity. Due to its similarity to ULXs, this powerful transient may be thought of as an Ultra-Luminous X-ray event (ULX-E). Observational tests for this ULX-E model are proposed as well.

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