Tidal encounters of close white dwarf binaries with spinning black holes

arXiv:2601.04870 · astro-ph.HE, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-01-08 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-01-08

Updated: 2026-09-26

Terminology

• Core — 23× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• Partial tidal disruptions of spinning eccentric white dwarfs by spinning intermediate mass black holes
• Tidal disruption of white dwarfs in a modified gravity theory with SPH
• Disc formation from tidal disruption of stars on eccentric orbits by Kerr black holes using GRSPH
• Partial tidal disruption of White Dwarfs in off-equatorial orbits around Kerr black holes
• Tidal disruptions of close white dwarf binaries by intermediate mass black holes

Related papers

• Numerical Studies of Accretion Flows onto a Neutron Star Engulfed in a Massive Star
• Collisionless Accretion of Finite-Angular-Momentum Plasma onto a Spinning Black Hole
• Impact of Magnetic Field Topology on Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Merger Remnants
• XRISM Resolve Spectroscopy of GX 5-1: Constraints on Iron Spectral Features in a Luminous Neutron-Star Binary
• SN 1006: A Cosmic Laboratory for Investigating Shock Acceleration Physics
• Neutrino Spectral Pinching in 3D Core-Collapse Supernovae: Late-Time Convergence, Failed-Explosion Signatures, and Viewing-Angle Dispersion