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Stars Crushed by Black Holes. II. A Physical Model of Adiabatic Compression and Shock Formation in Tidal Disruption Events
Eric R. Coughlin, Chris Nixon
We develop a Newtonian model of a deep tidal disruption event (TDE), for which the pericenter distance of the star, , is well within the tidal radius of the black hole,…
Stars Crushed by Black Holes. I. On the Energy Distribution of Stellar Debris in Tidal Disruption Events
Sarah Norman, Chris Nixon, Eric R. Coughlin
The distribution of orbital energies imparted into stellar debris following the close encounter of a star with a supermassive black hole is the principal factor in determining the…
Partial, zombie, and full tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes
Chris Nixon, Eric Coughlin, Patrick Miles
We present long-duration numerical simulations of the tidal disruption of stars modelled with accurate stellar structures and spanning a range of pericentre distances, correspondin…
Disc tearing: implications for black hole accretion and AGN variability
Anagha Raj, Chris Nixon
Accretion discs around black holes power some of the most luminous objects in the Universe. Discs that are misaligned to the black hole spin can become warped over time by Lense-Th…