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Astrophysics

the tearing apart of a star that passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, with part of the debris accreted to produce a luminous flare.

In astrophysics, tidal disruption event refers to the tearing apart of a star that passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, with part of the debris accreted to produce a luminous flare. This meaning comes from Rees (1988) in Nature.[1]

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References

Rees, M. J. (1988). Tidal disruption of stars by black holes of 106–108 solar masses in nearby galaxies. Nature, 333(6173), 523-528. https://doi.org/10.1038/333523a0

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