Astronomy:Intermediate luminosity optical transient

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Short description: Explosive astronomical event

An Intermediate Luminosity Optical Transient (ILOT) is an astronomical object which undergoes an optically detectable explosive event with an absolute magnitude (M) brighter than a classical nova (M ~ −8) but fainter than that of a supernova (M ~ −17). That nine magnitude range corresponds to a factor of nearly 4000 in luminosity, so the ILOT class may include a wide variety of objects. The term ILOT first appeared in a 2009 paper discussing the nova-like event NGC 300 OT2008-1.[1] As the term has gained more widespread use,[2] it has begun to be applied to some objects like KjPn 8 and CK Vulpeculae for which no transient event has been observed, but which may have been dramatically affected by an ILOT event in the past.[3][4] The number of ILOTs known is expected to increase substantially when the Vera C. Rubin Observatory becomes operational.

A very wide variety of objects have been classified as ILOTs in the astronomical literature. Kashi and Soker proposed a model for the outburt of ASASSN-15qi,[5] in which a Jupiter-mass planet is tidally destroyed and accreted onto a young main sequence star.[6] Red novae, believed be caused by the merger of two stars, are classified as ILOTs.[7] Some luminous blue variables, such as η Car have been classified as ILOTs.[8] Some objects which have been classified as failed supernovae may be ILOTs.[9] The common thread tying all of these objects together is a transfer of a large amount of mass (0.001 M⊙ to a few M⊙) from a planet or star to a companion star, over a short period of time, leading to a massive eruption. That large range in accretion mass explains the large range in ILOT event brightness.[10]

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  1. ↑ Berger, E.; Soderberg, A.M.; Chevalier, R.A.; Fransson, C.; Foley, R.J.; Leonard, D.C.; Debes, J.H.; Diamond-Stanic, A.M. et al. (July 2009). "An Intermediate Luminosity Transient in NGC 300: The Eruption of a Dust-Enshrouded Massive Star". The Astrophysical Journal 699 (2): 1850–1865. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/1850. Bibcode: 2009ApJ...699.1850B. 
  2. ↑ "ADS search for Intermediate Luminosity Optical Transients". NASA / CfA. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=%20%20abs%3A%22Intermediate%20Luminosity%20Optical%20Transient%22&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&p_=0. 
  3. ↑ Boumis, P.; Meaburn, J. (19 February 2013). "The expansion proper motions of the extraordinary giant lobes of the planetary nebula KjPn 8 revisited". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 430 (4): 3397–3405. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt138. Bibcode: 2013MNRAS.430.3397B. 
  4. ↑ Banerjee, D. P. K.; Geballe, T. R.; Evans, A.; Shahbandeh, M.; Woodward, C. E.; Gehrz, R. D.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Starrfield, S. et al. (2020). "Near-infrared Spectroscopy of CK Vulpeculae: Revealing a Remarkably Powerful Blast from the Past". The Astrophysical Journal 904 (2): L23. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abc885. Bibcode: 2020ApJ...904L..23B. 
  5. ↑ Herczeg, Gregory J.; Dong, Subo; Shappee, Benjamin J.; Chen, Ping; Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; Jose, Jessy; Kochanek, Christopher S.; Prieto, Jose L. et al. (November 2020). "The Eruption of the Candidate Young Star ASASSN-15QI". The Astrophysical Journal 831 (2): 133. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/133. 
  6. ↑ Kashi, Amit; Soker, Noam (July 2017). "An intermediate luminosity optical transient (ILOTs) model for the youngstellar object ASASSN-15qi". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 468 (4): 4938–4943. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx767. Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.468.4938K. 
  7. ↑ Kamiński, T.; Steffen, W.; Tylenda, R.; Young, K.H.; Patel, N.A.; Menten, K.M. (October 2018). "Submillimeter-wave emission of three Galactic red novae: cool molecular outflows produced by stellar mergers". Astronomy & Astrophysics 617: A129. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833165. Bibcode: 2018A&A...617A.129K. 
  8. ↑ Soker, Noam (April 2020). "Efficiently Jet-powered Radiation in Intermediate-luminosity Optical Transients". The Astrophysical Journal 893 (1): 20. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab7dbb. Bibcode: 2020ApJ...893...20S. 
  9. ↑ Kashi, Amit; Soker, Noam (May 2017). "Type II intermediate-luminosity optical transients (ILOTs)". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 467 (3): 3299–3305. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx240. Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.467.3299K. 
  10. ↑ Soker, Noam; Kashi, Amit (2011). "The Energy Source of Intermediate Luminosity Optical Transients". Intermediate-Luminosity Red Transients meeting, STScI, Baltimore, USA, June 28–30, 2011. 

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