EPJ Web of Conferences 39, 01002 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123901002
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123901002
Relativistic cross sections of tidal disruption events
Astro Space Centre, PN Lebedev Physical Institute, 84/32 Profsoyuznaya st., Moscow, 117997, Russia
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In this contribution I introduce and discuss the so-called cross sections of tidal disruption and partial mass stripping of stars after a tidal encounter with a rotating supermassive black hole. The presented approach is fully relativistic. Possible applications and generalisations of the discussed results are also shortly reviewed.
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