Segregation and Collisions in Galactic Nuclei: Rates of Destructive Events Near a Supermassive Black Hole

Segregation and Collisions in Galactic Nuclei: Rates of Destructive Events Near a Supermassive Black Hole

The centers of galaxies host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) surrounded by a dense stellar cluster. The cluster is expected to develop mass segregation, in which gravitational scatterings among the stars cause heavier objects to sink closer to the central black hole, while lighter objects will tend...

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Main Author: Shmuel Balberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Galactic center
Supermassive black holes
Stellar dynamics
Analytical mathematics
Computational methods
Transient sources
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1690

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1690

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