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9 - Physics
University of Leicester
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Article title
Relativistic jet activity from the tidal disruption of a star by a massive black hole
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
NATURE
Article number
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Volume number
476
Issue number
7361
First page of article
421
ISSN of journal
0028-0836
Year of publication
2011
URL
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Number of additional authors
57
Additional information
This high-profile and substantial paper describes the first discovery of a relativistic jet from a previously quiescent SMBH due to accretion of a nearby star. Such a new Blazar onset allows the location of otherwise quiet SMBHs. The Swift and optical/NIR observations, and prior flux limits are presented. The spectral energy distribution constrains the physics of the jet; variability analysis implies a SMBH of (1 – 20)x10^6 M_Sun. Osborne made the vital contributions on upper limits on prior X-ray emission, discussion of the variability and other phenomena, on the analysis of the X-ray data; and was an editor of the paper.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
F - X-Ray and Observational Astronomy
Citation count
82
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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