Tidal stripping of stars near supermassive black holes
In a binary system composed of a supermassive black hole and a star orbiting the hole in an equatorial, circular orbit, the stellar orbit will shrink due to the action of gravitational radiation, until the star fills its Roche lobe outside the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO) of the hole or pl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2012-12-01
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Series: | EPJ Web of Conferences |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123907003 |