Few_Carpenter_9185 t1_itdeoho wrote
Reply to comment by JCBQ01 in Scientists have discovered an ultra-bright phenomenon in the distant universe that could have come from a star destroyed by a black hole. by ananovanews
The Corona analogy is a good one. Because it implies "above" or "just outside", which is exactly what's happening, at least in terms of how a star's Corona is just above or outside the photosphere.
And the photosphere being a stand-in for the Event Horizon etc.
I read the same article, or one on the same subject too about the observation.
I wonder if the "delay" in the "belch" has anything to do with time dialation/relativistic effects of the extreme velocity in the accretion disk, and time running slower in such a strong gravity well.
And the time taken for the belch of star matter took longer from an external reference frame, before magnetic fields or whatever were strong enough to overcome the gravity and eject it etc.
Frankly, the astrophysics and math of that, or if it's even relevant to discussing how it happened, are way beyond me though.
JCBQ01 t1_itdgprm wrote
As I understood it they were using localized frames of reference to get the timings down. But it could be the same effect as to what theoretically happens when two black holes collide that the stars density collided and scraped off some of the holes core. All that I know is they are all confused about it and are excited lol
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