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SUMMARY:Profiling Massive Black Holes through Stellar Tidal Disruption - E
 nrico Ramirez-Ruiz (UCSC)
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CONTACT:Michele Trenti
DESCRIPTION:A star interacting with a massive black hole cannot be treated
  as a point mass if its gets o close to the black hole that it becomes vul
 nerable to tidal distortions and even disruption. When a rapidly changing 
 tidal force starts to compete with a star's self-gravity\, the material of
  the star responds on\na complicated way. This phenomenon poses an as yet 
 unmet challenge to computer simulations. The art of modeling the tidal dis
 ruption of stars by massive black holes forms the main theme of my talk. D
 etailed simulations should tell us what happen when stars of different typ
 es get tidally disrupted\, and what radiation a distant observer might det
 ect as the observational signature of such events.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4:00 pm)
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