Enhancement of the Rate of Tidal Disruption Events in Active Galactic Nuclei due to the Sweeping Secular Resonance Mechanism

Xiaochen Zheng, Morgan MacLeod, Douglas N. C. Lin +2

Tidal disruption event (TDE) rates in active galactic nuclei (AGN) consistently exceed predictions from two-body relaxation, particularly in post-starburst and green valley galaxie…