Extended Data Fig. 5: Dissipation rates.
From: Stream–disk shocks as the origins of peak light in tidal disruption events
Projections of energy dissipation rates \(\dot{u}\) onto the xz (left) and yz (right) planes, shown at t = 47 (top), t = 55 (middle), and t = 62 (bottom) days. Logarithmic color schemes are labeled in sidebars. At early times, dissipation is localized near pericenter in the nozzle shock. Later, as a quasi-ellipsoidal accretion disk forms, the locus of dissipation extends to larger radii at stream-disk shocks.
