Host galaxy of tidal disruption object, Swift J1644+57

  • Yoon, Yongmin (CEOU/Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Im, Myungshin (CEOU/Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2013.10.08

Abstract

We present long-term optical to NIR data of the tidal disruption object, Swift J1644+57. The data were obtained with CQUEAN, UKIRT WFCAM observations. We analyze the morphology of the host galaxy of this object and decompose the bulge component using high resolution HST WFC3 images. We conclude that the host galaxy is bulge dominant. We also estimate the multi-band fluxes of the host galaxy through the light curves based on the long-term observational data. We fit the SED models to the multi-band fluxes of the host galaxy and determine its stellar mass. Finally, we estimate the mass of the central super massive black hole which is thought to be the main role of the tidal disruption event. The estimated stellar mass and black hole mass are $10^{9.1}M_{\odot}$, $10^{6.8}M_{\odot}$ respectively. We compare our results to other results that have studied before.

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