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The extremes of (X-ray) variability among galaxies: Flares from stars tidally disrupted by supermassive black holes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2004
Abstract
We discuss follow-up X-ray observations of giant-amplitude, non-recurrent X-ray flares, interpreted as tidal disruptions of stars by supermassive black holes at the centers of the flaring galaxies. The flare observations open up a new window to study supermassive black holes and their environment, and the physics of accretion events, in non-active galaxies.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2004 , Issue IAUS222 , March 2004 , pp. 45 - 48
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- © 2004 International Astronomical Union
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