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We present simulated optical light curves of super-Eddington tidal disruptionevents (TDEs) using the zero-Bernoulli accretion (ZEBRA) flow model, whichproposes that during the super-Eddington phase, the disc is quasi-spherical,radiation-pressure dominated, and accompanied by the production of strong jets.We construct light curves for both on- and off-axis (with respect to the jet)observers to account for the anisotropic nature of the jetted emission. We findthat at optical wavelengths, emission from the accretion flow is orders ofmagnitude brighter than that produced by the jet, even with boosting fromsynchrotron self-Compton. Comparing to the observed jetted TDE SwiftJ2058.4+0516, we find that the ZEBRA model accurately captures the timescalefor which accretion remains super-Eddington and reproduces the luminosity ofthe transient. However, we find the shape of the light curves deviate at earlytimes and the radius and temperature of our modelled ZEBRA are $\sim2.7 - 4.1$times smaller and $\sim1.4 - 2.3$ times larger, respectively, than observed. Wesuggest that this indicates the ZEBRA inflates more, and more rapidly, thancurrently predicted by the model, and we discuss possible extensions to themodel to account for this. Such refinements, coupled with valuable new datafrom upcoming large scale surveys, could help to resolve the nature ofsuper-Eddington TDEs and how they are powered.

Simulated optical light curves of super-Eddington tidal disruption events with ZEBRA flows