Susana Lizano

Tidal disruption of stellar binaries as a pathway to exotic transients

Abstract Tidal disruption event (TDE) progenitors are commonly modelled as single stars on parabolic orbits around a supermassive black hole (SMBH), yet observations reveal a richer diversity of dynamical pathways. We show that tidal separation of stellar binaries by a 106 M⊙ SMB...