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Relativistic jet activity from the tidal disruption of a star by a massive black hole
Troja, E.; Im, M.; Sakamoto, T. +55 more
Supermassive black holes have powerful gravitational fields with strong gradients that can destroy stars that get too close, producing a bright flare in ultraviolet and X-ray spectral regions from stellar debris that forms an accretion disk around the black hole. The aftermath of this process may have been seen several times over the past two deca…
The unusual gamma-ray burst GRB 101225A explained as a minor body falling onto a neutron star
Covino, S.; D'Avanzo, P.; Campana, S. +17 more
The tidal disruption of a solar-mass star around a supermassive black hole has been extensively studied analytically and numerically. In these events, the star develops into an elongated banana-shaped structure. After completing an eccentric orbit, the bound debris falls into the black hole, forming an accretion disk and emitting radiation. The sa…