Relativistic tidal disruption events
In March 2011 Swift detected an extremely luminous and long-lived outburst from the nucleus of an otherwise quiescent, low luminosity (LMC-like) galaxy. Named Swift J1644+57, its combination of high-energy luminosity (1048 ergs s−1 at peak), rapid X-ray variability (factors of >100 on timescales...
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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/20123902005 |