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astro-ph.GA2022★ 24 cited
A New Discrete Dynamical Friction Estimator Based on -body Simulations
Linhao Ma, Philip F. Hopkins, Luke Zoltan Kelley +1
A longstanding problem in galactic simulations is to resolve the dynamical friction (DF) force acting on massive black hole particles when their masses are comparable to or less th…
astro-ph.GA2021★ 69 cited
Seeds Don't Sink: Even Massive Black Hole "Seeds" Cannot Migrate to Galaxy Centers Efficiently
Linhao Ma, Philip F. Hopkins, Xiangcheng Ma +3
Possible formation scenarios of supermassive black holes in the early universe include rapid growth from less massive seed black holes (BHs) via super-Eddington accretion or runawa…