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ASASSN-14ae: A Tidal Disruption Event at 200 Mpc

October 23, 2014

ASASSN-14ae: A Tidal Disruption Event at 200 Mpc

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ASAS-SN (All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae) paper "ASASSN-14ae: A Tidal Disruption Event at 200 Mpc" led by OSU astronomy graduate student Tom Holoien is subject to OSU press release: "Lucky Star Escapes Black Hole With Minor Damage"

Tidal disruption events are very rare, happening only every 10,000 to 100,000 years in any given galaxy, so it was surpising that ASAS-SN has already discovered one, only few months into operation.