Tidal Disruptions of Stars by Black Hole Remnants in Dense Star Clusters

Understand

In a dense stellar environment, such as the core of a globular cluster (GC), dynamical interactions with black holes (BHs) are expected to lead to a variety of astrophysical transients.

• Here we explore tidal disruption events (TDEs) of stars by stellar-mass BHs through collisions and close encounters.
• Using state-of-the-art $N$-body simulations, we show that these TDEs occur at significant rates throughout the evolution of typical GCs and we study how their relative rates relate to cluster parameters such mass and size.
• By incorporating a realistic cosmological model of GC formation, we predict a BH - main-sequence-star TDE rate of approximately $3\,\rm{Gpc}^{-3}\,\rm{yr}^{-1}$ in the local universe ($z<0.1$) and a cosmological rate that peaks at roughly $25\,\rm{Gpc}^{-3}\,\rm{yr}^{-1}$ for redshift 3.