Tidal disruption event
A tidal disruption event is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs when a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole's event horizon and is pulled apart by the black hole's tidal forces, experiencing spaghettification.[1][2]
It was first proposed in 1975 that tidal disruption events should be an inevitable consequence of black holes in galaxy nuclei whereas later theorists concluded that the resulting flare of radiation from the accretion of the stellar debris could be a unique signpost for the presence of a dormant black hole in the center of a normal galaxy.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Astronomers See a Massive Black Hole Tear a Star Apart". Universe today. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Tidal Disruption of a Star By a Massive Black Hole". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Gezari, Suvi (11 June 2013). "Tidal Disruption Events". Brazilian Journal of Physics 43 (5-6): 351–355. Bibcode:2013BrJPh..43..351G. doi:10.1007/s13538-013-0136-z.
External links
- TDE.space, a catalog of claimed tidal disruption events.
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