Collisional dynamics around binary black holes in galactic centers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 581, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 1256-1270

  Hemsendorf, Marc ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Steinn ^c   Spurzem, Rainer ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxy: center; Methods: n body simulations; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043234334     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344255     Document Type: Article

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