"Unveiling the Characteristics of a Dim Tidal Disruption Event"

Astronomers have used a spectral synthesis code to study a faint tidal disruption event (TDE) known as iPTF16fnl, providing insights into its properties. The TDE, located at the center of the galaxy Markarian 950, has a black hole estimated to be about 673,000 solar masses and a disrupted star approximately 2.6 times more massive than the sun. The study revealed details about the outflow from the accretion disk, the mass outflow rate, and the helium-to-hydrogen number density ratio of the wind, shedding light on the physical properties of this TDE.