Flows of X-ray gas reveal the disruption of a star by a massive black hole

Jon M. Miller (), Jelle S. Kaastra, M. Coleman Miller, Mark T. Reynolds, Gregory Brown, S. Bradley Cenko, Jeremy J. Drake, Suvi Gezari, James Guillochon, Kayhan Gultekin, Jimmy Irwin, Andrew Levan, Dipankar Maitra, W. Peter Maksym, Richard Mushotzky, Paul O’Brien, Frits Paerels, Jelle de Plaa, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Tod Strohmayer and Nial Tanvir
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Jon M. Miller: The University of Michigan
Jelle S. Kaastra: SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
M. Coleman Miller: The University of Maryland
Mark T. Reynolds: The University of Michigan
Gregory Brown: University of Warwick
S. Bradley Cenko: Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland
Jeremy J. Drake: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Suvi Gezari: The University of Maryland
James Guillochon: The Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Kayhan Gultekin: The University of Michigan
Jimmy Irwin: University of Alabama
Andrew Levan: University of Warwick
Dipankar Maitra: Wheaton College
W. Peter Maksym: University of Alabama
Richard Mushotzky: The University of Maryland
Paul O’Brien: University of Leicester
Frits Paerels: Columbia University
Jelle de Plaa: SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz: University of California
Tod Strohmayer: Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland
Nial Tanvir: University of Leicester

Nature, 2015, vol. 526, issue 7574, 542-545

Abstract: High-resolution X-ray spectra reveal highly ionized X-ray gas flows in a nearby tidal disruption event, ASASSN-14li, near to the black hole of the galaxy PGC 043234.

Date: 2015
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