An ultraviolet optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core

Nature

Volumn 485, Issue 7397, 2012, Pages 217-220

  Gezari, S ^a   Chornock, R ^b   Rest, A ^c   Huber, M E ^d   Forster, K ^e   Berger, E ^b   Challis, P J ^b   Neill, J D ^e   Martin, D C ^e   Heckman, T ^a   Lawrence, A ^f   Norman, C ^a   Narayan, G ^b   Foley, R J ^b   Marion, G H ^b   Scolnic, D ^a   Chomiuk, L ^b   Soderberg, A ^b   Smith, K ^g   Kirshner, R P ^b   Riess, A G ^a   Smartt, S J ^g   Stubbs, C W ^b   Tonry, J L ^d   Wood Vasey, W M ^h   Burgett, W S ^d   Chambers, K C ^d   Grav, T ⁱ   Heasley, J N ^d   Kaiser, N ^d   Kudritzki, R P ^d   Magnier, E A ^d   Morgan, J S ^d   Price, P A ^j   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c NASA Hubble Fellowship Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GENETIC MARKER; HELIUM; OPTICAL METHOD; SPECTROSCOPY; TIDAL CYCLE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTRONOMY; LUMINESCENCE; MASS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TIDAL POWER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 84860780292     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10990     Document Type: Article

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