The discovery of jets from tidal disruption events (TDEs) rejuvenated the old field of relativistic jets powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes. In this Chapter, we first review the extensive multi-wavelength observations of jetted TDEs. Then, we show that these events provide valuable information on many aspects of jet physics from a new prospective, including the on-and-off switch of jet launching, jet propagation through the ambient medium, γ/X-ray radiation mechanism, jet composition, and the multi-messenger picture. Finally, open questions and future prospects in this field are summarized.
@article{arxiv.1911.01442,
title = {Jets from Tidal Disruption Events},
author = {Fabio De Colle and Wenbin Lu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01442},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
40 pages, 10 figures; to be published in the book "100 years of astrophysical jets"; comments very welcome!