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Relativistic loss cone dynamics: Infall and inspiral rates and branching ratios

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2017

Tal Alexander
Tal Alexander*
Affiliation:
Department of Particle Physics & Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St, Rehovot 76100, Israel email: tal.alexander@weizmann.ac.il
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Abstract

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I describe recent advances in the formulation and modeling of relativistic stellar dynamics around a massive black hole, and the implications for the rates of infall (e.g. tidal disruption) and inspiral (e.g. gradual decay by gravitational wave emission) processes, and their branching ratios.

Keywords

stellar dynamicsblack hole physicsGalaxy: centergalaxies: activegravitational waves
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S324: New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics , September 2016 , pp. 99 - 106
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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