Long-term evolution of massive black hole binaries. II. Binary evolution in low-density galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 633, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 680-687

  Berczik, Peter ^a,b,c   Merritt, David ^b   Spurzem, Rainer ^c  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: nuclei; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044438213     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491598     Document Type: Article

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