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Although the powering mechanism for quasars is now widely recognized to bethe accretion of matter in a geometrically thin disk, the transport of matterto the inner region of the disk where luminosity is emitted remains an unsolvedquestion. Miralda-Escud\'e & Kollmeier (2005) proposed a model whereby quasarsare fuelled when stars are captured by the accretion disk as they plungethrough the gas. Such plunging stars can then be destroyed and deliver theirmass to the accretion disk.  Here we present the first detailed calculations for the capture of starsoriginating far from the accretion disk near the zone of influence of thecentral black hole. In particular we examine the effect of adding a perturbingmass to a fixed stellar cusp potential on bringing stars into the accretiondisk where they can be captured. The work presented here will be discussed indetail in an upcoming publication Kennedy et al. (2010).

The star capture model for fueling quasar accretion disks