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X-Ray Properties of TDEs

Komossa, S.; Jonker, P. G.; Auchettl, K. +1 more

Observational astronomy of tidal disruption events (TDEs) began with the detection of X-ray flares from quiescent galaxies during the ROSAT all-sky survey of 1990-1991. The flares complied with theoretical expectations, having high peak luminosities (L_x up to ≥4 ×10⁴⁴erg/s), a thermal spectrum with k T ∼few×10⁵K, a…