Rates of capture of stars by supermassive black holes in non-spherical galactic nuclei

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/31/24/244002zbMATH Open1307.85006arXiv1411.1760OpenAlexW3101473244MaRDI QIDQ2941017FDOQ2941017

Authors: E. I. Vasiliev 

Publication date: 21 January 2015

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the problem of star consumption by supermassive black holes in non-spherical (axisymmetric, triaxial) galactic nuclei. We review the previous studies of the loss-cone problem and present a novel simulation method which allows to separate out the collisional (relaxation-related) and collisionless (related to non-conservation of angular momentum) processes and determine their relative importance for the capture rates in different geometries. We show that for black holes more massive than 10^7 Msun, the enhancement of capture rate in non-spherical galaxies is substantial, with even modest triaxiality being capable of keeping the capture rate at the level of few percent of black hole mass per Hubble time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1760

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zbMATH Keywords

supermassive black holesnon-spherical galactic nucleistar consumption

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Cited In (3)

• Perturbation method in the assessment of radiation reaction in the capture of stars by black holes
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• Loss-cone dynamics

Uses Software

• SAPPORO

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