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We present the results of a large multi-wavelength follow-up campaign of the Tidal Disruption Event (TDE) \dsg, focusing on low to high resolution optical spectroscopy, X-ray, and radio observations. The galaxy hosts a super massive black…

We present a physically-grounded population model for optical tidal disruption events (TDEs) that combines first-principles hydrodynamic simulations of stellar disruption with statistical inference of the underlying stellar and black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-29 Tsvi Piran , Julian Krolik , Taeho Ryu

During a close encounter between a star and a supermassive black hole, the star can get disrupted by the black hole's tidal forces, resulting in a tidal disruption event (TDE). The accretion of the star's material onto the black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-04 J. Hampel , S. Komossa , J. Greiner , T. H. Reiprich , M. Freyberg , T. Erben

Using archival SDSS multi-epoch imaging data (Stripe 82), we have searched for the tidal disruption of stars by super-massive black holes in non-active galaxies. Two candidate tidal disruption events (TDEs) are identified. They have optical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-23 Sjoert van Velzen , Glennys R. Farrar , Suvi Gezari , Nidia Morrell , Dennis Zaritsky , Linda Ostman , Mathew Smith , Joseph Gelfand , Andrew J. Drake

TDEs have been proposed as valuable laboratories for studying dormant black holes. However, progress in this field has been hampered by the limited number of observed events. In this work, we present TDECat, a comprehensive catalogue of 134…

Tidal disruption events (TDEs), events in which a star passes very close to a supermassive black hole, are generally imagined as leading either to the star's complete disruption or to its passage directly into the black hole. In the former…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 Julian Krolik , Tsvi Piran , Taeho Ryu

The study of the evolution of X-ray spectra in tidal disruption events (TDEs) is an important approach for understanding the physical processes occurring near a supermassive black hole. Observations show that the X-ray spectra of TDEs are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-12 Wei Chen , Erlin Qiao

Recent UV-optical surveys have been successful in finding tidal disruption events (TDEs), in which a star is tidally disrupted by a supermassive black hole (BH). These TDEs release a huge amount of radiation energy ~ 10^51-52 erg into the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 Wenbin Lu , Pawan Kumar , Neal J. Evans

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are typically discovered in previously quiescent galaxies. However, earlier studies have revealed a handful of TDEs occurring in pre-existing active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We discuss AT2019aalc, a promising…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-12 Patrik Milán Veres

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) could be an important growth channel for massive black holes in dwarf galaxies. Theoretical work suggests that the observed active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in dwarf galaxies are predominantly TDE-powered. To…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-04 Joanne Tan , Guang Yang , Jonelle L. Walsh , W. N. Brandt , Bin Luo , Franz E. Bauer , Chien-Ting Chen , Mouyuan Sun , Yongquan Xue

This is a brief review of the recent progress in understanding the evolution of the accretion disks in tidal disruption events (TDEs). Special attention is paid to (1) thermal-viscous instability that causes the disk to transition from a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-13 Wenbin Lu

Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) have long been hypothesized as valuable indicators of black holes, offering insight into their demographics and behaviour out to high redshift. TDEs have also enabled the discovery of a few Massive Black Holes…

The real nature of little red dots (LRDs), a class of very compact galaxies in the early Universe recently discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, is still poorly understood. The most popular theories competing to interpret the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-04 Krisztina Perger , Judit Fogasy , Sándor Frey

The tidal disruption of planets by their host stars represents a growing area of interest in transient astronomy, offering insights into the final stages of planetary system evolution. We model the hydrodynamic evolution and predict the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-18 Matías Montesinos , Sergei Nayakshin , Vardan Elbakyan , Zhen Guo , Mario Sucerquia , Amelia Bayo , Zhaohuan Zhu

Tidal disruption events occur when stars are ripped apart by massive black holes, and result in highly luminous, multi-wavelength flares. Optical/UV observations of tidal disruption events (TDEs) contradict simple models of TDE emission,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-27 Elad Steinberg , Nicholas C. Stone

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star is destroyed by a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy, temporarily increasing the accretion rate onto the black hole and producing a bright flare across the electromagnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 A. J. Goodwin , S. van Velzen , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , A. Mummery , M. F. Bietenholz , A. Wederfoort , E. Hammerstein , C. Bonnerot , J. Hoffmann , L. Yan

Stars approaching supermassive black holes can be tidally disrupted. Despite being expected to emit X-rays, TDEs have been largely observed in optical bands, which is poorly understood. In this Letter, we simulate the tidal disruption of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-29 Fangyi , Hu , Daniel J. Price , Ilya Mandel

We consider Roche lobe overflow (RLO) from a low-mass star on a nearly circular orbit, onto a supermassive black hole (SMBH). If mass transfer is unstable, its rate accelerates in a runaway process, resulting in highly super-Eddington mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-02 Itai Linial , Eliot Quataert

Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are X-ray transients characterized by nearly regular recurring flares from galactic nuclei. Recent observations have confirmed that some QPEs occur in galactic centers that experienced a tidal disruption…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-09 Tomoya Suzuguchi , Tatsuya Matsumoto

Elliptical accretion disk models for tidal disruption events (TDEs) have been recently proposed and independently developed by two groups. Although these two models are characterized by a similar geometry, their physical properties differ…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 Fukun Liu , Chunyang Cao , Marek A. Abramowicz , Maciek Wielgus , Rong Cao , Zhiqin Zhou
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