Stellar Collisions from Self-consistent Stellar Dynamics Around Growing Supermassive black Holes

arXiv:2609.29136 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-24 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Comments: 18 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Mass Segregation — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Gravitational N-body Code — 1× in this paper
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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