2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Semi-Analytical Model for the Evolution of Stellar Binaries in the Empty Loss Cone of Massive Black Holes
Samuel McGuire, Evgeni Grishin, Ilya Mandel +1
Binary star systems orbiting close to a supermassive black hole (SMBH) evolve through encounters with other stars, the SMBH's tidal forces, and the binary's internal dynamics, incl…
cs.DS2026
Optimal Unlabeled Pebble Motion on Trees and its Application to Multi-Agent Path Finding
Annalisa Calvi, Pierre Le Bodic, Samuel McGuire +1
Given a tree, a set of pebbles initially stationed at some nodes of the tree, and a set of target nodes, the Unlabeled Pebble Motion on Trees problem (UPMT) asks to find a plan to…