[Seminar]: First light from tidal disruption events

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• Clement Bonnerot, University of Birmingham
• Wednesday 10 May 2023, 14:00-15:00
• Physics West 117.

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When a star comes too close to a supermassive black hole, it gets torn apart by strong tidal forces in a tidal disruption event. The emitted signal represents a powerful probe of these compact objects, the large majority being otherwise starved of gas and therefore undetectable. Exploiting this potential requires a precise characterization of the electromagnetic signatures from these phenomena that can be used to optimally interpret upcoming observations. I will present recent progress towards this goal, which relies on a suite of interlinked simulations to follow for the first time the entire evolution of tidal disruption events.

This talk is part of the Astrophysics Talks Series series.

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