Modelling the light-curves of objects tidally disrupted by a black hole
Abstract
Tidal disruption by massive black holes is a phenomenon, during which a large part of gravitational energy can be released on a very short time-scale. The time-scales and energies involved during X-ray and IR flares observed in Galactic centre suggest that they may be related to tidal disruption events. Furthermore, aftermath of a tidal disruption of a star by super-massive black hole has been observed in some galaxies, e.g. RX J1242.6-1119A. All these discoveries increased the demand for tools for tidal disruption study in curved space-time. Here we summarise our study of general relativistic effects on tidal deformation of stars and compact objects.
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@article{arxiv.0902.2122,
title = {Modelling the light-curves of objects tidally disrupted by a black hole},
author = {U. Kostic and A. Gomboc and A. Cadez and M. Calvani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.2122},
year = {2012}
}
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2 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the JENAM 2008, Symposium 7: "Grand Challenges in Computational Astrophysics"