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Hydrodynamic simulations of black hole evolution in AGN discs II: inclination damping for partially embedded satellites
Henry Whitehead, Connar Rowan, Bence Kocsis
We investigate the evolution of black holes on orbits with small inclinations () to the gaseous discs of active galactic nuclei. We perform 3D adiabatic hydrodynamic s…
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Hydrodynamic simulations of black hole evolution in AGN discs I: orbital alignment of highly inclined satellites
Connar Rowan, Henry Whitehead, Gaia Fabj +3
The frequency of compact object interactions in AGN discs is naturally tied to the number of objects embedded within it. We investigate the evolution of black holes in the nuclear…