The disruption of stellar clusters containing massive black holes near the galactic center

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 628, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 236-245

  Gürkan, M Atakan ^a   Rasio, Frederic A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: Star clusters; Galaxy: Center; Methods: N body simulations; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644462326     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430694     Document Type: Article

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