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20142026
most citedOrbital evolution of binary black holes in active galactic nucleus disks: a disk channel for binary black hole mergers?

99 citations · 496 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Feeding the Circumplanetary Disk: 3D Simulations of Dust Filtration and Accretion in PDS 70 c

Charles H. Gardner, Andrea Isella, Hui Li +3

How circumplanetary disks (CPDs) capture and retain solids is central to constraining the timescale for formation of rocky satellites and interpreting submillimeter continuum obser…

astro-ph.HE2025

The Multiple Paths to Merger of Unequal-Mass Black Hole Binaries in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei

Alexander J. Dittmann, Adam M. Dempsey, Hui Li

The accretion disks that power active galactic nuclei (AGN) are thought to house populations of stars and compact objects; after forming binaries these compact objects may merge, b…

astro-ph.SR2024

The Santa Barbara Binary-Disk Code Comparison

Paul C. Duffell, Alexander J. Dittmann, Daniel J. D'Orazio +13

We have performed numerical calculations of a binary interacting with a gas disk, using eleven different numerical methods and a standard binary-disk setup. The goal of this study…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 4 cited

Runaway Eccentricity Growth: A Pathway for Binary Black Hole Mergers in AGN Disks

Josh Calcino, Adam M. Dempsey, Alexander J. Dittmann +1

Binary black holes embedded within the accretion disks that fuel active galactic nuclei (AGN) are promising progenitors for the source of gravitational wave events detected by LIGO…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 4 cited

The Evolution of Inclined Binary Black Holes in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei

Alexander J. Dittmann, Adam M. Dempsey, Hui Li

The accretion disks that fuel active galactic nuclei (AGN) may house numerous stars and compact objects, formed in situ or captured from nearby star clusters. Embedded neutron star…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 68 cited

Hydrodynamical Simulations of Black-Hole Binary Formation in AGN Disks

Jiaru Li, Adam M. Dempsey, Hui Li +2

We study the close encounters between two single black holes (BHs) embedded in an AGN disk using a series of global 2D hydrodynamics simulations. We find that when the disk density…