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An ultraviolet–optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core

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  • S. Gezari

    (Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • R. Chornock

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • A. Rest

    (Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive)

  • M. E. Huber

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • K. Forster

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • E. Berger

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • P. J. Challis

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • J. D. Neill

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • D. C. Martin

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • T. Heckman

    (Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • A. Lawrence

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • C. Norman

    (Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • G. Narayan

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • R. J. Foley

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • G. H. Marion

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • D. Scolnic

    (Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • L. Chomiuk

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • A. Soderberg

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • K. Smith

    (Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK)

  • R. P. Kirshner

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • A. G. Riess

    (Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA)

  • S. J. Smartt

    (Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK)

  • C. W. Stubbs

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • J. L. Tonry

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • W. M. Wood-Vasey

    (Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Center, University of Pittsburgh, 3941 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA)

  • W. S. Burgett

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • K. C. Chambers

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • T. Grav

    (Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell)

  • J. N. Heasley

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • N. Kaiser

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • R.-P. Kudritzki

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • E. A. Magnier

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • J. S. Morgan

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • P. A. Price

    (Princeton University)

Abstract

The observation of a flare of radiation from the centre of an inactive galaxy fits a model of the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core and its accretion onto a black hole of about three million solar masses.

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  • S. Gezari & R. Chornock & A. Rest & M. E. Huber & K. Forster & E. Berger & P. J. Challis & J. D. Neill & D. C. Martin & T. Heckman & A. Lawrence & C. Norman & G. Narayan & R. J. Foley & G. H. Marion &, 2012. "An ultraviolet–optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7397), pages 217-220, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7397:d:10.1038_nature10990
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10990
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