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A Remarkably Loud Quasi-Periodicity after a Star is Disrupted by a Massive Black Hole
Dheeraj R. Pasham, Ronald A. Remillard, P. Chris Fragile +9
The immense tidal forces of massive black holes can rip apart stars that come too close to them. As the resulting stellar debris spirals inwards, it heats up and emits x-rays when…
Late-time UV observations of tidal disruption flares reveal unobscured, compact accretion disks
Sjoert van Velzen, Nicholas C. Stone, Brian D. Metzger +3
The origin of thermal optical and UV emission from stellar tidal disruption flares (TDFs) remains an open question. We present Hubble Space Telescope far-UV (FUV) observations of e…
A Generalised Bondi Accretion Model for the Galactic Centre
Almog Yalinewich, Re'em Sari, Aleksey Generozov +2
We develop an analytic, steady-state model for the gas environment in quiescent galactic nuclei. We assume that the mass is constantly supplied by a spherically symmetric distribut…
An Overabundance of Black Hole X-Ray Binaries in the Galactic Center from Tidal Captures
A. Generozov, N. C. Stone, B. D. Metzger +1
A large population of X-ray binaries (XRBs) was recently discovered within the central parsec of the Galaxy by Hailey et al. While the presence of compact objects on this scale due…
The Telltale Heartbeat: Detection and Characterization of Eccentric Orbiting Planets via Tides on their Host Star
Zephyr Penoyre, Nicholas C. Stone
We present an analytic description of tides raised on a star by a small orbiting body. In particular, we highlight the disproportionate effect of eccentricity and thus the scope fo…
Stellar Tidal Disruption Events in General Relativity
Nicholas C. Stone, Michael Kesden, Roseanne M. Cheng +1
A tidal disruption event (TDE) ensues when a star passes too close to the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in a galactic center and is ripped apart by the tidal field of the SMBH. Th…