linkedin post 2021-07-27 04:35:30
QUASARS. “Are quasars white holes? Quasars are still the most striking mystery of modern astrophysics.” https://lnkd.in/djhYFZU View in LinkedIn
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NUCLEOBASE CLOCK. “In the loop structure of telomeres, there exist layers of G-quadruplex (G4). Their structures are similar to the structure with the loop braid group in the standard model. The G letter (guanine) can be suitably chosen as the hidden time scale in a biological clock. The nature of the telomerase enzyme is that it reacts like a retrotransposon hidden in transition state in the non-protein-coding DNA area. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/8/1214/htm View in LinkedIn
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COSMIC POSTAL SYSTEM. “Tidal dissipation in WDs arises from the excitation of gravity waves in the deeper envelope of the WD and their dissipation in the outer envelope.” (WD = white dwarf). https://lnkd.in/djnsGi4 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2021-07-28 16:40:02
UNFORGETTABLE LITMUS TEST. “Is this brilliance or complicated nonsense?” (Cartoonist of Shoe, Jeff MacNelly, whose brilliant epithet has been lost in the bowels of time). Once kept on a suspended baseball bat over my desk. Never forget this one! https://lnkd.in/dCstGxV View in LinkedIn
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INEVITABLE QUESTION. “A major goal of this paper is to determine the tidal energy and angular momentum transfer rates for a WD in a high-eccentricity orbit around an MBH.” (WD = white dwarf; MBH = Massive Black Hole). https://lnkd.in/djnsGi4 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2021-07-28 16:37:50
LOWER LIMIT. “An otherwise quiet MBH would show bright, beamed emission after the disruption of a WD. Therefore, detecting (or not detecting) signals from the tidal disruptions of WDs could place constraints on the MBH population.” (WD = white dwarf; MBH = Massive Black Hole). https://lnkd.in/djnsGi4 View in LinkedIn
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VERIFIED. “There are now a few cases in which hard X-ray emission from launching a relativistic jet was observed following a flare from stellar disruption.” https://lnkd.in/djnsGi4 View in LinkedIn
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PREDICTION. “We expect these disruption events to be very luminous as a portion of the accretion power likely channels into a relativistic jet.” https://lnkd.in/djnsGi4 View in LinkedIn
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MASS DEPENDENT. “The possibility of detecting WD-TDEs is especially intriguing because the disruption of a WD is only visible if the mass of the BH, Mbh, is less than about 10(5) M⊙ or perhaps 10(6) M⊙ depending on the BH spin. For a more massive BH, the WD is ‘swallowed whole’ without disruption.” (WD = white dwarf; TDE = tidal disruption event). https://lnkd.in/djnsGi4 View in LinkedIn