TDE Simulation (VIDEO)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Caption

Computer simulation of the disruption of a star by a black hole shows the formation of an eccentric accretion disk of stellar material spiraling into the black hole. This video shows the early stage in the formation of the disk.

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Jamie Law-Smith and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

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