The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole

G. Leloudas; M. Fraser; N. C. Stone; S. van Velzen; P.G. Jonker; I. Arcavi; C. Fremling; J. R. Maund; S. J. Smartt; T. Krìhler; J. C. A. Miller-Jones; P.M. Vreeswijk; A. Gal-Yam; Paolo A. Mazzali; A. De Cia; D. A. Howell; C. Inserra; F. Patat; A. de Ugarte Postigo; Ofer Yaron; C. Ashall; I. Bar; H. Campbell; T.-W. Chen; M. Childress; N. Elias-Rosa; J. Harmanen; G. Hosseinzadeh; J. Johansson; T. Kangas; E. Kankare; S. Kim; H. Kuncarayakti; J. D. Lyman; M. R. Magee; Kate Maguire; D. Malesani; S. Mattila; C. V. McCully; M. Nicholl; S. Prentice; C. Romero-Cañizales; S. Schulze; K. W. Smith; J. Sollerman; M. Sullivan; Brad E. Tucker; S. Valenti; J. C. Wheeler; D. R. Young

doi:10.1038/s41550-016-0002

The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole

G. Leloudas
, M. Fraser
, N. C. Stone
, S. van Velzen
, P.G. Jonker
, I. Arcavi
, C. Fremling
, J. R. Maund
, S. J. Smartt
, T. Krìhler
, J. C. A. Miller-Jones
, P.M. Vreeswijk
, A. Gal-Yam
, Paolo A. Mazzali
, A. De Cia
, D. A. Howell
, C. Inserra
, F. Patat
, A. de Ugarte Postigo
, Ofer Yaron

C. Ashall, I. Bar, H. Campbell, T.-W. Chen, M. Childress, N. Elias-Rosa, J. Harmanen, G. Hosseinzadeh, J. Johansson, T. Kangas, E. Kankare, S. Kim, H. Kuncarayakti, J. D. Lyman, M. R. Magee, Kate Maguire, D. Malesani, S. Mattila, C. V. McCully, M. Nicholl, S. Prentice, C. Romero-Cañizales, S. Schulze, K. W. Smith, J. Sollerman, M. Sullivan, Brad E. Tucker, S. Valenti, J. C. Wheeler, D. R. Young

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Abstract

When a star passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, it will be torn apart1. For a star with the mass of the Sun (M ⊙) and a non-spinning black hole with a mass 108 M ⊙ 12,13, a star with the same mass as the Sun could be disrupted outside the event horizon if the black hole were spinning rapidly14. The rapid spin and high black hole mass can explain the high luminosity of this event.

Original language	English
Article number	0002
Journal	Nature Astronomy
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-016-0002
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2016

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Leloudas, G., Fraser, M., Stone, N. C., van Velzen, S., Jonker, P. G., Arcavi, I., Fremling, C., Maund, J. R., Smartt, S. J., Krìhler, T., Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Vreeswijk, P. M., Gal-Yam, A., Mazzali, P. A., De Cia, A., Howell, D. A., Inserra, C., Patat, F., de Ugarte Postigo, A., ... Young, D. R. (2016). The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole. Nature Astronomy, 1, Article 0002. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-016-0002

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