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Tidal capture of stars by a massive black hole
- Source :
- Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices. 255
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1992.
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Abstract
- The processes leading to tidal capture of stars by a massive black hole and the consequences of these processes in a dense stellar cluster are discussed in detail. When the amplitude of a tide and the subsequent oscillations are sufficiently large, the energy deposited in a star after periastron passage and formation of a bound orbit cannot be estimated directly using the linear theory of oscillations of a spherical star, but rather numerical estimates must be used. The evolution of a star after tidal capture is discussed. The maximum ratio R of the cross-section for tidal capture to that for tidal disruption is about 3 for real systems. For the case of a stellar system with an empty capture loss cone, even in the case when the impact parameter for tidal capture only slightly exceeds the impact parameter for direct tidal disruption, tidal capture would be much more important than tidal disruption.
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00358711
- Volume :
- 255
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices
- Notes :
- NSF PHY-91-00283, , NAGW-1583
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19920046217
- Document Type :
- Report