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2016ApJ...816L..10C - Astrophys. J., 816, L10 (2016/January-1)

X-ray afterglow of Swift J1644+57: a Compton echo?

CHENG K.S., CHERNYSHOV D.O., DOGIEL V.A., KONG A.K.H. and KO C.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

Swift, Chandra, and XMM have found a weak but nearly constant X-ray component from Swift J1644+57 that appeared at ∼500 days and was visible at least until ∼1400 days after the stellar capture, which cannot be explained by standard tidal disruption theories. We suggest that this X-ray afterglow component may result from the Thomson scattering between the primary X-rays and its surrounding plasma, i.e., a Compton echo effect. Similar phenomena have also been observed from molecular clouds in our Galactic Center, which were caused by the past activity of Srg A*. If this interpretation of Swift J1644+57 afterglow is correct, this is the first Compton Echo effect observed in the cosmological distances.

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Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - X-rays: bursts

Simbad objects: 5

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