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The Tidal Disruption of Sun-like Stars by Massive Black Holes

  • Authors: Jamie Law-Smith, James Guillochon, and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

2019 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 882 L25.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 1.

MESA density profiles for a 1M star (top panels) and 3M star (bottom panels) along their MS lifetimes. X is the central hydrogen mass fraction. Left panels: density vs. radius. Right panels: normalized to central density and stellar radius. Dashed and dotted lines show profiles for γ = 4/3 and γ = 5/3 polytropes, respectively.

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