56 min
Violent events
Astrophysics, Astronomy and seminar by Fabien Casse, APC
Hosted by Collège de France
Monday 17:45 Paris (GMT+1)
Recording available
Amphithéâtre Marguerite-de-Navarre, Site Marcelin-Berthelot
Recording
Abstract
A star passing close to a supermassive black hole can be torn apart, supplying gas to an accretion disk that brightens dramatically. This seminar explains how observations of these tidal-disruption events reveal otherwise difficult-to-observe aspects of black-hole growth.