Ultraviolet detection of the tidal disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 653, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Gezari, S ^a   Martin, D C ^a   Milliard, B ^b   Basa, S ^b   Halpern, J P ^c   Forster, K ^a   Friedman, P G ^a   Morrissey, P ^a   Neff, S G ^d   Schiminovich, D ^c   Seibert, M ^a   Small, T ^a   Wyder, T K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: nuclei; Ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846005497     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509918     Document Type: Article

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