{"paper":{"title":"The Superluminous Transient ASASSN-15lh as a Tidal Disruption Event from a Kerr Black Hole","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.GA","astro-ph.SR"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.HE","authors_text":"A. De Cia, A. de Ugarte Postigo, A. Gal-Yam, B. E. Tucker, C. Ashall, C. Fremling, C. Inserra, C. Romero-Canizales, C. V. McCully, D. A. Howell, D. Malesani, D. R. Young, E. Kankare, F. Patat, G. Hosseinzadeh, G. Leloudas, H. Campbell, H. Kuncarayakti, I. Arcavi, I. Bar, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, J. C. Wheeler, J. Harmanen, J. Johansson, J. Lyman, J. R. Maund, J. Sollerman, K. Maguire, K. W. Smith, M. Childress, M. Fraser, M. Nicholl, M. R. Magee, M. Sullivan, N. C. Stone, N. Elias-Rosa, O. Yaron, P. A. Mazzali, P. G. Jonker, P. M. Vreeswijk, S. J. Smartt, S. Kim, S. Mattila, S. Prentice, S. Schulze, S. Valenti, S. van Velzen, T. Kangas, T. Kruhler, T.-W. Chen","submitted_at":"2016-09-09T20:06:14Z","abstract_excerpt":"When a star passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, it will be torn apart. For a star with the mass of the Sun ($M_\\odot$) and a non-spinning black hole with a mass $<10^8 M_\\odot$, the tidal radius lies outside the black hole event horizon and the disruption results in a luminous flare. Here we report observations over a period of 10 months of a transient, hitherto interpreted as a superluminous supernova. Our data show that the transient rebrightened substantially in the ultraviolet and that the spectrum went through three different spectroscopic phases without ever beco"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1609.02927","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}