Flows of X-ray gas reveal the disruption of a star by a massive black hole

Jon M. Miller,Jelle S. Kaastra,M. Coleman Miller,Mark T. Reynolds,G. C. Brown,S. Bradley Cenko,Jeremy J. Drake,Suvi Gezari,James Guillochon,Kayhan Gültekin,Jimmy A. Irwin,Andrew J. Levan,Dipankar Maitra,W. Peter Maksym,Richard F. Mushotzky,P. T. O’Brien,Frits Paerels,Jelle de Plaa,Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz,T. E. Strohmayer,Nial R. Tanvir

Flows of X-ray gas reveal the disruption of a star by a massive black hole

2015

High-resolution X-ray spectra reveal highly ionized X-ray gas flows in a nearby tidal disruption event, ASASSN-14li, near to the black hole of the galaxy PGC 043234.

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Black hole
Galaxy
Tidal disruption event
High-energy astronomy
Astrophysics
Spectral line
X-ray
Physics
Escape velocity
Stars
Accretion (meteorology)
Supernova
Tidal force

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