# astro: aprops of horrific encounters, how to survive inside a (virtual) black hole

<< As (eight stars skirt a black hole 1m times the mass of the Sun) approach, all are stretched and deformed by the black hole's gravity. Some are completely pulled apart into a long stream of gas, a cataclysmic phenomenon called a tidal disruption event. Others are only partially disrupted, retaining some of their mass and returning to their normal shapes after their horrific encounters. >>

<< These simulations, (..) are the first to combine the physical effects of Einstein's general theory of relativity with realistic stellar density models. The virtual stars range from about one-tenth to 10 times the Sun's mass. >>

<< The division between stars that fully disrupt and those that endure isn't simply related to mass. Instead, survival depends more on the star's density. >>

Jeanette Kazmierczak. Scientists fling model stars at a virtual black hole to see who survives. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Nov 26, 2021.

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-scientists-stars-virtual-black-hole.html

<< This paper introduces a series of papers presenting a quantitative theory for the tidal disruption of main-sequence stars by supermassive black holes (the pericenter-dependence of tidal disruption properties for eight stellar masses (..) and six black hole masses (..). >>

Taeho Ryu, Julian Krolik, et al. Tidal Disruptions of Main-sequence Stars. I. Observable Quantities and Their Dependence on Stellar and Black Hole Mass. ApJ 904 98. Nov 25, 2020.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abb3cf

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# astro: apropos of elusive predators ... the mid-sized mass black hole

<< Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole of an elusive class known as "intermediate-mass," which betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that passed too close. >>

<< These so-called intermediate-mass black holes (..) are a long-sought "missing link" in black hole evolution. >>

Claire Andreoli. Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Mar 31, 2020

https://m.phys.org/news/2020-03-hubble-evidence-elusive-mid-sized-black.html

Dacheng Lin, Jay Strader, et al.  Multiwavelength Follow-up of the Hyperluminous Intermediate-mass Black Hole Candidate 3XMM J215022.4−055108. ApJL 892 L25. Mar 31, 2020

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab745b