Title:
New Insights from High Cadence, Very Early Time Observations of TDEs

Abstract:
In recent years optical surveys have been discovering tidal 
disruption events (TDEs) at a higher rate and at earlier times. 
Early detection has allowed us to construct a set of TDEs 
that have been well-observed prior to peak, filling in a gap in 
our historical observations of these violent events. In my talk 
I will discuss recent discoveries with detailed early datasets and 
the new physical insights we have gained from studying these observations, 
with a particular focus on ASASSN-19bt, the first TDE detected by TESS.