1. Close Encounters of Black Holes, Stars, and Gas in Galactic Nuclei: A Study of the Observational Signatures Open Access Author: Bogdanovic, Tamara Title: Close Encounters of Black Holes, Stars, and Gas in Galactic Nuclei: A Study of the Observational Signatures Graduate Program: Astronomy and Astrophysics Keywords: tidal disruption of a star by a massive black holemassive black hole binariesobservational signatures File: Download bogdanovic_thesis.pdf Committee Members: Michael Eracleous, Committee Chair/Co-ChairSteinn Sigurdsson, Committee MemberMercedes Richards, Committee MemberPeter Istvan Meszaros, Committee MemberLee S Finn, Committee Member