Add to ORKGJournal ArticleWe examine whether disrupted binary stars can fuel black hole growth. In this mechanism, tidal disruption produces a single hypervelocity star (HVS) ejected at high velocity and a former companion star bound to the black hole. After a cluster of bound stars forms, orbital diffusion allows the black hole to accrete stars by tidal disruption at a rate comparable to the capture rate. In the Milky Way, HVSs and the S star cluster imply similar rates of 10−5 − 10−3 yr−1 for binary disruption. These rates are consistent with estimates for the tidal disruption rate in nearby galaxies and imply significant black hole growth from disrupted binaries on 10 Gyr time scales
The disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole generates a sudden bright flare. Previous stud...
Tidal stellar disruptions have traditionally been discussed as a probe of the single, massive black ...
One of the most promising avenues for studying supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the local Univers...
ABSTRACT We examine whether disrupted binary stars can fuel black hole growth. In this mechanism, ti...
Hyper-velocity stars are stars that have been accelerated to speeds in excess of the escape velocity...
"Hard" massive black hole (MBH) binaries embedded in steep stellar cusps can shrink via th...
The last decade has seen the detection of fast moving stars in the Galactic halo, the so-called hype...
In our current interpretation of the hierarchical structure of the universe it is well established t...
Tidal stellar disruptions have traditionally been discussed as a probe of the single, massive black ...
Stars can be tidally destroyed or swallowed by supermassive black hole binaries. Using a large numbe...
Stars within 0.1 pc of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the Galactic centre are expected to enc...
We present $N\mathrm{-body} $ simulations, including post-Newtonian dynamics, of dense clusters of l...
A star that wanders too close to the massive black hole (BH) in the center of a galaxy is headed for...
Massive black hole binaries (BHBs) are expected to form as the result of galaxy mergers; they shrink...
In recent years surveys have identified several dozen B stars in the Milky Way halo moving faster th...
The disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole generates a sudden bright flare. Previous stud...
Tidal stellar disruptions have traditionally been discussed as a probe of the single, massive black ...
One of the most promising avenues for studying supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the local Univers...
ABSTRACT We examine whether disrupted binary stars can fuel black hole growth. In this mechanism, ti...
Hyper-velocity stars are stars that have been accelerated to speeds in excess of the escape velocity...
"Hard" massive black hole (MBH) binaries embedded in steep stellar cusps can shrink via th...
The last decade has seen the detection of fast moving stars in the Galactic halo, the so-called hype...
In our current interpretation of the hierarchical structure of the universe it is well established t...
Tidal stellar disruptions have traditionally been discussed as a probe of the single, massive black ...
Stars can be tidally destroyed or swallowed by supermassive black hole binaries. Using a large numbe...
Stars within 0.1 pc of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the Galactic centre are expected to enc...
We present $N\mathrm{-body} $ simulations, including post-Newtonian dynamics, of dense clusters of l...
A star that wanders too close to the massive black hole (BH) in the center of a galaxy is headed for...
Massive black hole binaries (BHBs) are expected to form as the result of galaxy mergers; they shrink...
In recent years surveys have identified several dozen B stars in the Milky Way halo moving faster th...
The disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole generates a sudden bright flare. Previous stud...
Tidal stellar disruptions have traditionally been discussed as a probe of the single, massive black ...
One of the most promising avenues for studying supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the local Univers...