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Recent observations have established that a subset of TDEs launch collimated, relativistic jets. Two such relativistic TDEs have been detected with the Swift satellite: Swift J164449.3+573451, and Swift J2058.4+0516 (Cenko et al. 2012b). Both events are generally interpreted as the tidal disruption of a main sequence star by a SMBH, with a relativistic jet pointed down our line of sight; however, alternate explanations do exist (Krolik and Piran 2011; Quataert and Kasen 2012). These discoveries were not widely anticipated by theoretical work on TDEs, with the notable exception of Giannios and Metzger (2011).
N. Stone & A. Loeb Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, id. 061302, 2012
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Stone, N. (2015). Observing Lense-Thirring Precession in Tidal Disruption Flares. In: The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Supermassive Black Holes. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12676-0_7
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