Black hole demographics from TDE modeling

Abstract

The occurrence rate of tidal disruption events (TDEs) by survey missions depend on the black hole mass function of the galaxies, properties of the stellar cusp and mass of the central black hole. Using a power law density profile with Kroupa mass function, we solve the steady state Fokker-Planck to calculate the theoretical capture rate of stars by the black hole. Using a steady accretion model, the Schechter black hole mass function (BHMF) and the cosmological parameters, we calculate the detection rate of TDEs for various surveys which is then fit with the observed TDE rates to extract the Schechter parameters. The rate tension between observation ($\sim 10^{-5}\mathrm{y}{\mathrm{r}}^{-1}$) and theory ($\sim 10^{-4}\mathrm{y}{\mathrm{r}}^{-1}$) for individual galaxies is explained by the statistical average over the BHMF.

arXiv commentAccepted in IAU Symposium 342:Perseus in Sicily: from black hole to cluster outskirts

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