RX J1420.4+5334 - another tidal disruption event?

Authors
Greiner, J Schwarz, R Zharikov, S Orio, M
Citation
J. Greiner et al., RX J1420.4+5334 - another tidal disruption event?, ASTRON ASTR, 362(2), 2000, pp. L25-L28
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
362
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
L25 - L28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(200010)362:2<L25:RJ-ATD>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We have discovered a transient X-ray source, RXJ1420.4+5334, which displays a ROSAT flux variation of greater than or similar to 150 between the ROSAT All-Sky-Survey in 1990 and a preceding pointed ROSAT observations in July 1990. Optical observations suggest a non-active galaxy as the only visible counterpart. We therefore tentatively identify RXJ1420.4+5334 as a tidal di sruption event in a non-active galaxy.