2001/01/11 by Marc Freitag, W. Benz, Freitag, Marc +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear physics research studies #Scientific Research and Discoveries #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0101183
3 pages, 2 figures to appear in 'Dynamics of Star Clusters and the Milky Way' eds S. Deiters, B. Fuchs, A. Just, R. Spurzem, and R. Wielen
arxiv created 2001/01/11 · openalex publication_date 2001/01/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We have developed a new numerical code to simulate the joint evolution of a massive black hole (MBH) and a surrounding stellar cluster at the center of a galaxy. The physics treated in the simulations include: 2-body relaxation, stellar collisions (using a large set of "SPH" hydrodynamical simulations) and tidal disruption of stars by the MBH. In particular, we investigate the rates of star disruptive events that provide the MBH with gas to accrete.