  We use simulations of hydrodynamics coupled with full general relativity to
investigate the gravitational waves produced by a star colliding with a massive
black hole when the star's tidal disruption radius lies far outside of the
black hole horizon. We consider both main-sequence and white-dwarf compaction
stars, and nonspinning black holes, as well as those with near-extremal spin.
We study the regime in between where the star can be accurately modeled by a
point particle, and where tidal effects completely suppress the gravitational
wave signal. We find that nonnegligible gravitational waves can be produced
even when the star is strongly affected by tidal forces, as well as when it
collides with large angular momentum. We discuss the implications that these
results have for the potential observation of gravitational waves from these
sources with future detectors.
