3 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Tidal disruption of stellar binaries as a pathway to exotic transients
Mauricio González-Servín, Emilio Tejeda, Susana Lizano +2
Tidal disruption event (TDE) progenitors are commonly modelled as single stars on parabolic orbits around a supermassive black hole (SMBH), yet observations point to a richer diver…
astro-ph.IM2026
A benchmark for binary star interaction with a supermassive black hole in general relativity
Megha Sharma, Alexander Heger, Daniel J. Price +4
Most galaxies have supermassive black holes (SMBH) at their centres, surrounded by stars with binary systems also present in this environment. We use two schemes - post-Newtonian (…
astro-ph.HE2024
Relativistic tidal separation of binary stars by supermassive black holes
Luis A. Manzaneda, César O. Navarrete, Emilio Tejeda
A binary stellar system that ventures too close to a supermassive black hole can become tidally separated. In this article, we investigate the role of relativistic effects in these…