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astro-ph.HE2023★ 17 cited
Tidal capture of stars by supermassive black holes: implications for periodic nuclear transients and quasi-periodic eruptions
M. Cufari, C. J. Nixon, Eric R. Coughlin
Stars that plunge into the center of a galaxy are tidally perturbed by a supermassive black hole (SMBH), with closer encounters resulting in larger perturbations. Exciting these ti…
astro-ph.HE2022
Using the Hills Mechanism to Generate Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Events and ASASSN-14ko
M. Cufari, Eric R. Coughlin, C. J. Nixon
Periodic nuclear transients have been detected with increasing frequency, with one such system -- ASASSN-14ko -- exhibiting highly regular outbursts on a timescale of d…
astro-ph.HE2021★ 28 cited
The Eccentric Nature of Eccentric Tidal Disruption Events
M. Cufari, Eric. R. Coughlin, C. J. Nixon
Upon entering the tidal sphere of a supermassive black hole, a star is ripped apart by tides and transformed into a stream of debris. The ultimate fate of that debris, and the prop…