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When to use Tidal Disruption Event 3D Explorer
Use this explorer when you want to see how a supermassive black hole shreds a star - and skip it when you want the black hole itself or a moon torn apart by a planet.
- Classroom demos of spaghettification and the tidal radius
- Connecting the flare decline to the t^-5/3 fallback rate
- Explaining why very massive black holes swallow stars whole
This is an educational visualization with illustrative sizes and a compressed timeline.
Tidal disruption event key figures
Tidal disruption event key figures in one panel: Tidal Disruption Event 3D Explorer lists the tidal radius formula, about half the star accreting, flare decline t^-5/3, and whole-swallow above ~10^8 solar masses.
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Tidal radius | r_t = R_star x (M_BH / M_star)^(1/3) |
| Bound mass that accretes | about half the star |
| Flare decline | t^-5/3 |
| Whole-swallow black-hole mass | above ~10^8 solar masses |
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