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A luminous X-ray outburst from an intermediate-mass black hole in an off-centre star cluster

A luminous X-ray outburst from an intermediate-mass black hole in an off-centre star cluster

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A luminous X-ray outburst from an intermediate-mass black hole in an off-centre star cluster

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A luminous X-ray outburst from an intermediate-mass black hole in an off-centre star cluster

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature astronomy, 2018-08, Vol.2 (8), p.656-661

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

A unique signature for the presence of massive black holes in very dense stellar regions is occasional giant-amplitude outbursts of multi-wavelength radiation from tidal disruption and subsequent accretion of stars that make a close approach to the black holes
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. Previous strong tidal disruption event (TDE) candidates were all associated wit...

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A luminous X-ray outburst from an intermediate-mass black hole in an off-centre star cluster

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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01846748v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01846748v1

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ISSN

2397-3366

E-ISSN

2397-3366

DOI

10.1038/s41550-018-0493-1

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