dc.creator | Minniti, D. | |
dc.creator | Saito, R.K. | |
dc.creator | Forster, F. | |
dc.creator | Pignata, G. | |
dc.creator | Ivanov, V.D. | |
dc.creator | Lucas, P.W. | |
dc.creator | Beamin, J.C. | |
dc.creator | Borissova, J. | |
dc.creator | Catelan, M. | |
dc.creator | Gonzalez, O.A. | |
dc.creator | Hempel, M. | |
dc.creator | Hsiao, E. | |
dc.creator | Kurtev, R. | |
dc.creator | Majaess, D. | |
dc.creator | Masetti, N. | |
dc.creator | Morrell, N.I. | |
dc.creator | Phillips, M.M. | |
dc.creator | Pullen, J.B. | |
dc.creator | Rejkuba, M. | |
dc.creator | Smith, L. | |
dc.creator | Surot, F. | |
dc.creator | Valenti, E. | |
dc.creator | Zoccali, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-28T21:06:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-28T21:06:08Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-05-28T21:06:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11 | |
dc.identifier | Astrophysical Journal Letters, 849(2), art. no. L23. | |
dc.identifier | 2041-8205 | |
dc.identifier | DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9374 | |
dc.identifier | http://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/5908 | |
dc.description.abstract | We report the discovery of an enigmatic large-amplitude (ΔKs >10.5 mag) transient event in near-IR data obtained by the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey. The object (designated VVV-WIT- 06) is located at R.A.=17:07:18.917, decl.=-39:06:26.45 (J2000), corresponding to Galactic coordinates l=347.14539, b=0.88522. It exhibits a clear eruption, peaking at Ks=9 mag during 2013 July and fading to Ks ∼ 16.5 in 2017. Our late near-IR spectra show post-outburst emission lines, including some broad emission lines (upward of FWHM ∼ 3000 km s-1). We estimate a total extinction of AV = 10-15 mag in the surrounding field, and no progenitor was observed in ZYJHKs images obtained during 2010-2012 (down to Ks > 18.5mag). Subsequent deep near-IR imaging and spectroscopy, in concert with the available multiband photometry, indicate that VVV-WIT-06 may be either: (i) the closest Type I SN observed in about 400 years, (ii) an exotic highamplitude nova that would extend the known realm of such objects, or (iii) a stellar merger. In all of these cases, VVV-WIT-06 is a fascinating and curious astrophysical target under any of the scenarios considered. | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | Institute of Physics Publishing | |
dc.subject | Binaries: close | |
dc.subject | Galaxy: stellar content | |
dc.subject | Novae, cataclysmic variables | |
dc.subject | Supernovae: individual | |
dc.title | The Emergence of the Infrared Transient VVV-WIT-06 | |
dc.type | Artículo | |