{
  "id": "1210.0582",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2012-10-01T21:18:36.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-10-20T18:16:59.000Z",
  "title": "Stellar dynamics and tidal disruption events in galactic nuclei",
  "authors": [
    "Tal Alexander"
  ],
  "comment": "Invited review talk presented in the \"Tidal Disruption events and AGN outbursts\" workshop, 25-27 June 2012, ESAC, Madrid, Spain. To appear in the EPJ web of conferences, Editor: R. Saxton. 7 pp",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.GA"
  ],
  "abstract": "The disruption of a star by the tidal field of a massive black hole is the final outcome of a chain of complex dynamical processes in the host galaxy. I introduce the \"loss cone problem\", and describe the many theoretical and numerical challenges on the path of solving it. I review various dynamical channels by which stars can be supplied to a massive black hole, and the relevant dynamical relaxation / randomization mechanisms. I briefly mention some \"exotic\" tidal disruption scenarios, and conclude by discussing some new dynamical results that are changing our understanding of dynamics near a massive black hole, and may well be relevant for tidal disruption dynamics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2012-10-20T18:16:59.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "tidal disruption events",
      "stellar dynamics",
      "massive black hole",
      "galactic nuclei",
      "tidal disruption dynamics"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "review article",
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1051/epjconf/20123905001"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 7,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1188933,
      "adsabs": "2012EPJWC..3905001A"
    }
  }
}