MG13 - Talk detail |
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Participant |
Madigan, Ann-Marie | |||||||
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Institution |
Department of Astronomy University of California, Berkeley - C-233 Hearst Field Annex - Berkeley, - CA - usa | |||||||
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Session |
TC1 |
Accepted |
Yes |
Order |
3 |
Time |
17:05 - 17:25 | 20' |
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Talk |
Oral abstract |
Title |
Stellar Dynamics near the Galactic Center Massive Black Hole | |||||
| Co-authors | Yuri Levin | |||||||
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Abstract |
Stars near massive black holes move on elliptical orbits which precess slowly and hence exert persistent gravitational torques on each other. In this talk I will discuss two consequences of these gravitational torques for stars with approximately equal mass and for more massive objects: 1) A density depression of stars near massive black holes due to enhanced angular momentum relaxation and tidal disruptions. 2) An increase in the orbital eccentricity of hypothesized intermediate mass black holes as they spiral towards the massive black hole. |
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