Tidal disruption events
S Gezari - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
… tidal disruption radius to the black hole event horizon. When a star is disrupted outside the
event … is expected from the bound fraction of the tidal debris that falls back onto the black hole, …
event … is expected from the bound fraction of the tidal debris that falls back onto the black hole, …
A unified model for tidal disruption events
In the past few years wide-field optical and UV transient surveys and X-ray telescopes have
allowed us to identify a few dozen candidate tidal disruption events (TDEs). While in theory …
allowed us to identify a few dozen candidate tidal disruption events (TDEs). While in theory …
Radio properties of tidal disruption events
… Radio observations of tidal disruption events (TDEs) probe material ejected by the
disruption of stars by supermassive black holes (SMBHs), uniquely tracing the formation and …
disruption of stars by supermassive black holes (SMBHs), uniquely tracing the formation and …
Tidal disruption event demographics
CS Kochanek - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… We survey the properties of stars destroyed in tidal disruption events (TDEs) as a function of
black hole (BH) mass, stellar mass and evolutionary state, star formation history and redshift. …
black hole (BH) mass, stellar mass and evolutionary state, star formation history and redshift. …
Distinguishing tidal disruption events from impostors
… Recent claimed detections of tidal disruption events (TDEs) in … This chapter both reviews
those events that are unusual … should be used to classify any one event as a TDE. We also …
those events that are unusual … should be used to classify any one event as a TDE. We also …
A dark year for tidal disruption events
J Guillochon, E Ramirez-Ruiz - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
… This motivates our method where we represent the tidal disruption stream heuristically by
a series of unconnected ellipses. Such configurations are trivial to generate rapidly, only …
a series of unconnected ellipses. Such configurations are trivial to generate rapidly, only …
Consequences of strong compression in tidal disruption events
… inside the SMBH's tidal sphere. We introduce a new analytic model for tidal disruption events
(TDEs) to analyse the dependence of these events on β, the ratio of the tidal radius to the …
(TDEs) to analyse the dependence of these events on β, the ratio of the tidal radius to the …
Optical-ultraviolet tidal disruption events
S van Velzen, TWS Holoien, F Onori, T Hung… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
The existence of optical-ultraviolet Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) could be considered
surprising because their electromagnetic output was originally predicted to be dominated by X-…
surprising because their electromagnetic output was originally predicted to be dominated by X-…
Revisiting optical tidal disruption events with iPTF16axa
… A tidal disruption event (TDE) occurs when a star passes close enough to a supermassive
black hole (SMBH) for the tidal forces of the black hole to exceed the self-gravity of the star, …
black hole (SMBH) for the tidal forces of the black hole to exceed the self-gravity of the star, …
The final season reimagined: 30 tidal disruption events from the ZTF-I Survey
… A tidal disruption event (TDE) occurs when a star passes close enough to a massive black
hole (MBH), such that the tidal forces are stronger than the star's self-gravity and the star is …
hole (MBH), such that the tidal forces are stronger than the star's self-gravity and the star is …