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dc.contributor.authorStone, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorLoeb, Abraham
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-26T15:00:55Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationStone, Nicholas, and Abraham Loeb. 2012. “Tidal Disruption Flares of Stars from Moderately Recoiled Black Holes.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 422 (3): 1933–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20577.x.
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.issn1365-2966
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41412144*
dc.description.abstractWe analyse stellar tidal disruption events as a possible observational signature of gravitational wave induced recoil of supermassive black holes. As a black hole wanders through its galaxy, it will tidally disrupt bound and unbound stars at rates potentially observable by upcoming optical transient surveys. To quantify these rates, we explore a broad range of host galaxy and black hole kick parameters. We find that emission from a transient accretion disc can produce similar to 1 event per year which the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope would identify as spatially offset, while super-Eddington outflows, if they exist, are likely to produce similar to 10 spatially offset events per year. A majority of tidal disruption flares, and a large majority of flares with an observable spatial offset, are due to bound rather than unbound stars. The total number of disruption events due to recoiled black holes could be almost 1 per cent of the total stellar tidal disruption rate.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dash.licenseLAA
dc.titleTidal disruption flares of stars from moderately recoiled black holes
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionVersion of Record
dc.relation.journalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dash.depositing.authorLoeb, Abraham::e022a3952362350ac8a0138f128a8be7::600
dc.date.available2019-09-26T15:00:55Z
dash.workflow.comments1Science Serial ID 66723
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20577.x
dash.source.volume422;3
dash.source.page1933-1947


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