2 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Does IRS13 require an intermediate-mass black hole?
Václav Pavlík, Vladimír Karas, Florian Peißker +2
We investigate whether the Galactic-centre association IRS13 requires an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) to remain bound. Using high-precision -body calculations of IRS13-li…
astro-ph.GA2024
Dynamics of star associations in an SMBH-IMBH system: The case of IRS13 in the Galactic centre
Václav PavlÃk, VladimÃr Karas, Bhavana Bhat +2
Context: The existence of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) still poses challenges to theoretical and observational astronomers. Several candidates have been proposed, includin…