Wind-reprocessed transients from stellar-mass black hole Tidal Disruption Events

ABSTRACT Tidal disruptions of stars by stellar-mass black holes are expected to occur frequently in dense star clusters. Building upon previous studies that performed hydrodynamic simulations these encounters, we explore the formation and long-term evolution thick, super-Eddington accretion disks formed. We build a disk model includes fallback material from tidal disruption, onto hole, mass losses through winds launched association with flow. demonstrate bright transients when radiation central engine powered hole is reprocessed at large radii optically-thick wind. By combining disruption events our + wind model, compute light curves wind-reprocessed for wide range stellar masses encounter penetration depths. find typical peak bolometric luminosities roughly $10^{41}\!-\!10^{44}\,$erg s−1 (depending mostly on physics parameters) temperatures $10^5\!-\!10^6\,$K, suggesting emission ultraviolet/blue bands. predict all-sky surveys such as Vera Rubin Observatory ULTRASAT will detect up thousands per year clusters out distances several Gpc.