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Tracing Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in the Galactic Centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2007

Ulf Löckmann  and
Holger Baumgardt
Ulf Löckmann
Affiliation:
Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany email: uloeck@astro.uni-bonn.de
Holger Baumgardt
Affiliation:
Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany email: holger@astro.uni-bonn.de
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Abstract

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We have developed a new method for post-Newtonian, high-precision integration of stellar systems containing a super-massive black hole (SMBH), splitting the forces on a particle between a dominant central force and perturbations. We used this method to perform fully collisional N-body simulations of inspiralling intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) in the centre of the Milky Way.

Keywords

Galaxy: centremethods: n-body simulationsblack hole physicsstellar dynamics
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S246: Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems , September 2007 , pp. 367 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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