Simulating the process of cosmic black holes

American scientists have successfully simulated the process of "carnivorous" stars of cosmic black holes .

Recently, Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics Enrico Ramirez and his colleagues at the University of California at Santa Cruz succeeded in simulating the entire evolution, the process of cosmic black holes destroying a throne. star. The results of this study are published in the Astrophysical Journal in February 2014.

Accordingly, by importing the collected astronomical data, a dedicated computer can reproduce the simulation of a collision between a star and a cosmic black hole. Different from the imagination of many people that the star will 'slip' into the black hole, the reality is completely different.

The enormous gravitational pull of the black holes distorts and distorts the star completely. As a result, half of the star's mass will shoot outward, the other half following spiral-shaped currents going straight into the black hole.

The process of "eating meat" stars of black holes in computers

At the time of impact, we can observe long-lasting light curves with many different color bands. According to Dr. Enrico, the size and image of light trails depends on the size of the black hole and the star pattern.

With this finding, the team believes that the process of studying black holes will turn into a new page. The reason is that every 10,000 years one can witness a collision between black holes and stars. That's why this issue has only been studied in theory until now. The above model will most likely open a new era in astronomy.

Collisions between a star and a black hole occur only once every 10,000 years

In addition, the team's simulation model can explain the collision between a star and a black hole in 2012 - named PS1-10jh . At the time of the event, experts thought it might be a very rare star.

The researchers speculate, the star could be made entirely of helium. The reason is that the tests do not detect the sign of hydrogen (the main component of normal stars) in the light curve.

By using the above model, the team believes that, in fact, it is just a normal star. The only reason for not observing the sign of hydrogen is that they are ionized at very high temperatures in the collision.

Let's now explore the process of 'gobbling up' the stars of the cosmic black hole through the video below: