Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977apj...212..367y&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 212, Mar. 1, 1977, p. 367-382. NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
79
Astronomical Models, Black Holes (Astronomy), Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, Luminous Intensity, Main Sequence Stars, Mass Distribution, Star Clusters, Stellar Mass
Scientific paper
The paper develops certain aspects of a model wherein a QSO is a massive black hole located in a dense galactic nucleus, with its growth and luminosity fueled by tidal disruption of passing stars. Cross sections for tidal disruptions are calculated, taking into account the thermal energy of stars, relativistic effects, and partial disruption removing only the outer layers of a star. Accretion rates are computed for a realistic distribution of stellar masses and evolutionary phases, the effect of the black hole on the cluster distribution is examined, and the red-giant disruption rate is evaluated for hole mass of at least 300 million solar masses, the cutoff of disruption of main-sequence stars. The results show that this black-tide model can explain QSO luminosities of at least 1 trillion suns if the black hole remains almost maximally Kerr as it grows above 100 million solar masses and if 'loss-cone' depletion of the number of stars in disruptive orbits is unimportant.
Shields Gregory A.
Wheeler Justin C.
Young Peter J.
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