scholarly journals Evolution of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries and Acceleration of Jet Precession in Galactic Nuclei

2007 ◽  
Vol 671 (2) ◽  
pp. 1272-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. K. Liu ◽  
X. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Black Hole Binaries ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole

scholarly journals The ecology of the galactic centre: Nuclear stellar clusters and supermassive black holes

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (S351) ◽  
pp. 80-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvyn B. Davies ◽  
Abbas Askar ◽  
Ross P. Church
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Galactic Centre ◽  
Stellar Clusters ◽  
Stellar Cluster ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole ◽  
Multiple Clusters

AbstractSupermassive black holes are found in most galactic nuclei. A large fraction of these nuclei also contain a nuclear stellar cluster surrounding the black hole. Here we consider the idea that the nuclear stellar cluster formed first and that the supermassive black hole grew later. In particular we consider the merger of three stellar clusters to form a nuclear stellar cluster, where some of these clusters contain a single intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH). In the cases where multiple clusters contain IMBHs, we discuss whether the black holes are likely to merge and whether such mergers are likely to result in the ejection of the merged black hole from the nuclear stellar cluster. In some cases, no supermassive black hole will form as any merger product is not retained. This is a natural pathway to explain those galactic nuclei that contain a nuclear stellar cluster but apparently lack a supermassive black hole; M33 being a nearby example. Alternatively, if an IMBH merger product is retained within the nuclear stellar cluster, it may subsequently grow, e.g. via the tidal disruption of stars, to form a supermassive black hole.

scholarly journals FORMATION AND HARDENING OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE BINARIES IN MINOR MERGERS OF DISK GALAXIES

2012 ◽  
Vol 756 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazeel Mahmood Khan ◽  
Ingo Berentzen ◽  
Peter Berczik ◽  
Andreas Just ◽  
Lucio Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Black Hole Binaries ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole ◽  
Minor Mergers
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