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Ho, Anna Y. Q.; Phinney, E. Sterl; Ravi, Vikram; Kulkarni, S. R.; Petitpas, Glen; Emonts, Bjorn; Bhalerao, V.; Blundell, Ray; Cenko, S. Bradley; Dobie, Dougal; Howie, Ryan; Kamraj, Nikita; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; Murphy, Tara; Perley, Daniel A.; Sridharan, T. K.; Yoon, Ilsang
Astrophysical journal/The Astrophysical journal, 01/2019, Volume: 871, Issue: 1Journal Article
We present detailed submillimeter- through centimeter-wave observations of the extraordinary extragalactic transient AT2018cow. The apparent characteristics-the high radio luminosity, the rise and long-lived emission plateau at millimeter bands, and the sub-relativistic velocity-have no precedent. A basic interpretation of the data suggests coupled to a fast but sub-relativistic ( ) shock in a dense ( ) medium. We find that the X-ray emission is not naturally explained by an extension of the radio-submm synchrotron spectrum, nor by inverse Compton scattering of the dominant blackbody UV/optical/IR photons by energetic electrons within the forward shock. By , the X-ray emission shows spectral softening and erratic inter-day variability. Taken together, we are led to invoke an additional source of X-ray emission: the central engine of the event. Regardless of the nature of this central engine, this source heralds a new class of energetic transients shocking a dense medium, which at early times are most readily observed at millimeter wavelengths.
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