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Large scale direct galaxy collision simulations with central supermassive binary black holes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2016

Margaryta Sobolenko
Affiliation:
Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 27 Akademika Zabolotnoho St., 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine email: sobolenko@mao.kiev.ua
Peter Berczik
Affiliation:
Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 27 Akademika Zabolotnoho St., 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine email: sobolenko@mao.kiev.ua National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20A Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, 100012, Beijing, China Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie, University of Heidelberg, Mönchhofstrasse 12-14, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
Rainer Spurzem
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20A Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, 100012, Beijing, China Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie, University of Heidelberg, Mönchhofstrasse 12-14, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Abstract

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We present a set of, large scale direct N-body simulations of the galaxy collision with the central Supermassive Black Hole Binary (SMBHB) system. Based on our simulations which include the accurate Post Newtonian (PN) relativistic dynamical corrections we can estimated the merging time for the real astrophysical object. Each galaxy initially was represented as a set of particles (up to N=500k) with Plummer distribution. The SMBHBs system is described using the two special high mass, i.e. “relativistic”, particles. The interaction between these two particles have an extra PN correction terms (up to 3.5PN). Merging time upper limit was obtained for the closely interacting galaxy system NGC 6240.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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