2 papers
astro-ph.GA2020
The secular evolution of a uniform density star cluster immersed in a compressible galactic tidal field
P. B. Ivanov, D. N. C. Lin
Nuclear stellar clusters are common in the center of galaxies. We consider the possibility that their progenitors assumed to be globular clusters may have formed elsewhere, migrate…
astro-ph.HE2020
A Shining Death of Unequal Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
Xian Chen, D. N. C. Lin, Xiaojia Zhang
In the CDM scenario, small galaxies merge to produce larger entities. Since supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are found in galaxies of all sizes, SMBH binaries (SMBHBs) are gener…