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On the Diversity of Fallback Rates from Tidal Disruption Events with Accurate Stellar Structure
Elen C. A. Golightly, C. J. Nixon, Eric R. Coughlin
The tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can be used to probe the SMBH mass function, the properties of individual stars, and stellar dynamics in galactic…
What is wrong with steady accretion discs?
C. J. Nixon, J. E. Pringle
In a standard, steady, thin accretion disc, the radial distribution of the dissipation of the accretion energy is determined simply by energy considerations. Here we draw attention…
Tidal disruption events: the role of stellar spin
Elen Golightly, Eric Coughlin, Chris Nixon
The tidal force from a supermassive black hole can rip apart a star that passes close enough in what is known as a Tidal Disruption Event. Typically half of the destroyed star rema…
On the physical nature of accretion disc viscosity
R. G. Martin, C. J. Nixon, J. E. Pringle +1
We use well-established observational evidence to draw conclusions about the fundamental nature of the viscosity in accretion discs. To do this, we first summarise the observationa…