Tidal disruption events
S Gezari - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The concept of stars being tidally ripped apart and consumed by a massive black hole
(MBH) lurking in the center of a galaxy first captivated theorists in the late 1970s. The …
(MBH) lurking in the center of a galaxy first captivated theorists in the late 1970s. The …
Intermediate-mass black holes
JE Greene, J Strader, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We describe ongoing searches for intermediate-mass black holes with M BH≈ 10–105 M⊙.
We review a range of search mechanisms, both dynamical and those that rely on accretion …
We review a range of search mechanisms, both dynamical and those that rely on accretion …
The zwicky transient facility: science objectives
Abstract The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-
domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope …
domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope …
Seventeen tidal disruption events from the first half of ZTF survey observations: entering a new era of population studies
While tidal disruption events (TDEs) have long been heralded as laboratories for the study of
quiescent black holes, the small number of known TDEs and uncertainties in their emission …
quiescent black holes, the small number of known TDEs and uncertainties in their emission …
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 …
surprising because their electromagnetic output was originally predicted to be dominated by …
A continuum of H-to He-rich tidal disruption candidates with a preference for E+ A galaxies
We present the results of a Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) archival search for blue
transients that lie in the magnitude range between" normal" core-collapse and …
transients that lie in the magnitude range between" normal" core-collapse and …
Rates of stellar tidal disruption as probes of the supermassive black hole mass function
NC Stone, BD Metzger - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Rates of stellar tidal disruption events (TDEs) by supermassive black holes (SMBHs) due to
two-body relaxation are calculated using a large galaxy sample (N≈ 200) in order to …
two-body relaxation are calculated using a large galaxy sample (N≈ 200) in order to …
Hydrodynamical simulations to determine the feeding rate of black holes by the tidal disruption of stars: the importance of the impact parameter and stellar structure
J Guillochon, E Ramirez-Ruiz - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The disruption of stars by supermassive black holes has been linked to more than a dozen
flares in the cores of galaxies out to redshift z∼ 0.4. Modeling these flares properly requires …
flares in the cores of galaxies out to redshift z∼ 0.4. Modeling these flares properly requires …
Weighing black holes using tidal disruption events
B Mockler, J Guillochon… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
While once rare, observations of stars being tidally disrupted by supermassive black holes
are quickly becoming commonplace. To continue to learn from these events, it is necessary …
are quickly becoming commonplace. To continue to learn from these events, it is necessary …
New physical insights about tidal disruption events from a comprehensive observational inventory at X-ray wavelengths
K Auchettl, J Guillochon… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a comprehensive study of the X-ray emission from 70 transient sources that
have been classified as tidal disruption events (TDEs) in the literature. We explore the …
have been classified as tidal disruption events (TDEs) in the literature. We explore the …