4 papers
A Long Period Stellar-Mass Black Hole Binary in Centauri
Matthew Whitaker, Evan Kerr, Anil Seth +16
Modern simulations of stellar dynamics in globular clusters peg a dominant role for stellar-mass black holes, but direct evidence for black holes in clusters remains limited. We pr…
Machine Learning Methods for Stellar Collisions. I. Predicting Outcomes of SPH Simulations
Elena González Prieto, James C. Lombardi, Sanaea C. Rose +7
Stellar collisions can occur frequently in dense cluster environments, and play a crucial role in producing exotic phenomena from blue stragglers in globular clusters to high-energ…
Growing the Intermediate-mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri
Elena González Prieto, Carl L. Rodriguez, Tomás Cabrera
The recent detection of fast-moving stars in the core of Omega Centauri ( Cen), the most massive globular cluster (GC) in the Milky Way, has provided strong evidence for the pre…
Black Hole Accretion and Spin-up Through Stellar Collisions in Dense Star Clusters
Fulya Kıroğlu, Kyle Kremer, Sylvia Biscoveanu +2
Dynamical interactions in dense star clusters could significantly influence the properties of black holes, leaving imprints on their gravitational-wave signatures. While previous s…