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 …
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 …
The final season reimagined: 30 tidal disruption events from the ZTF-I Survey
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) offer a unique way to study dormant black holes. While the
number of observed TDEs has grown thanks to the emergence of wide-field surveys in the …
number of observed TDEs has grown thanks to the emergence of wide-field surveys in the …
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 …
Live to die another day: the rebrightening of AT 2018fyk as a repeating partial tidal disruption event
T Wevers, ER Coughlin, DR Pasham… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Stars that interact with supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can be either completely or
partially destroyed by tides. In a partial tidal disruption event (TDE), the high-density core of …
partially destroyed by tides. In a partial tidal disruption event (TDE), the high-density core of …
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 evolution …
of stars by supermassive black holes (SMBHs), uniquely tracing the formation and evolution …
The birth of a relativistic jet following the disruption of a star by a cosmological black hole
DR Pasham, M Lucchini, T Laskar, BP Gompertz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A black hole can launch a powerful relativistic jet after it tidally disrupts a star. If this jet
fortuitously aligns with our line of sight, the overall brightness is Doppler boosted by several …
fortuitously aligns with our line of sight, the overall brightness is Doppler boosted by several …
X-ray properties of TDEs
R Saxton, S Komossa, K Auchettl, PG Jonker - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Observational astronomy of tidal disruption events (TDEs) began with the detection of X-ray
flares from quiescent galaxies during the ROSAT all-sky survey of 1990–1991. The flares …
flares from quiescent galaxies during the ROSAT all-sky survey of 1990–1991. The flares …
Delayed appearance and evolution of coronal lines in the TDE AT2019qiz
P Short, A Lawrence, M Nicholl, M Ward… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star gets torn apart by a supermassive black
hole as it crosses its tidal radius. We present late-time optical and X-ray observations of the …
hole as it crosses its tidal radius. We present late-time optical and X-ray observations of the …
Deciphering the extreme X-ray variability of the nuclear transient eRASSt J045650. 3− 203750-A likely repeating partial tidal disruption event
Z Liu, A Malyali, M Krumpe, D Homan… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. During its all-sky survey, the extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging
Telescope Array (eROSITA) on board the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) observatory …
Telescope Array (eROSITA) on board the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) observatory …