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Hyper-velocity and tidal stars from binaries disrupted by a massive Galactic black hole

Hills, J. G.·1988·Nature
DOI 10.1038/331687a0
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A close but newtonian encounter between a tightly bound binary and a 106 M⊙ black hole causes one binary component to become bound to the black hole and the other to be ejected at up to 4,000 km−1. The discovery of even one such hyper-velocity star coming from the Galactic centre would be nearly definitive evidence for a massive black hole. The new companion of the black hole has a high orbital velocity which increases further as its orbit shrinks by tidal dissipation. The gravitational energy released by the orbit shrinkage of a such a tidal star can be comparable to its total nuclear energy release.

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Authors
Hills, J. G.
Venue
Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1988-02
Volume
331
Issue
6158
Pages
687-689
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/331687a0
OpenAlex
W1992046166
Cited by
728
References
8
FWCI
6.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
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