Tidal disruption events from three-body scatterings and eccentricity pumping in the discs of active galactic nuclei

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• What: While previous dynamical work on the fate of post-scattered stars has largely focused on scattering with individual BHs (Wang et_al 2023b), here the authors focus the study on strong dynamical encounters with BH binaries, given their importance in AGN discs (Samsing et_al 2022). By performing detailed scattering experiments in various regions of the disc, the authors aim to identify regions of parameter space in which BH binary scatterings lead to either a TDE by the SMBH, or a μTDE by the BH binary itself. The experiments are focused on encounters with retrograde stars embedded in . . .
  

   

  

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