Tidal disruption flares carry important information about how this debris initially settles into an accretion disk.
If there are more events in the future, maybe we can see if this is what happens for other
tidal disruption flares.»
Pasham says
tidal disruption flares are a potential window into the universe's many «hidden» black holes, which are not actively accreting, or feeding on material.
As extreme as they are,
tidal disruption flares are difficult to observe, as they happen infrequently.
Nevertheless, on Nov. 11, 2014, a global network of robotic telescopes named ASASSN (All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae) picked up signals of a possible
tidal disruption flare from a galaxy 300 million light years away.
To explain these emission «echoes,» the team ran simulations of
a tidal disruption flare produced from a black hole obliterating a star.
«But we won't know about them if they're sitting around doing nothing, unless there's an event like
a tidal disruption flare.»
On Nov. 11, 2014, a global network of telescopes picked up signals from 300 million light - years away that were created by
a tidal disruption flare — an explosion of electromagnetic energy that occurs when a black hole rips apart a passing star.
The tidal disruption flare from this distant black hole was first discovered on Nov. 11, 2014, and subsequent observations using a variety of telescopes have revealed curious pattern in the energy being emitted.
Not exact matches
In this artist's illustration depicting the record - breaking
tidal disruption event, the red shows hotter material that falls toward the black hole and generates a distinct X-ray
flare.