268 citations · 2k across the 24 of their papers we have counts for
24 papers
Secular Stellar Dynamics near a Massive Black Hole
Ann-Marie Madigan, Clovis Hopman, Yuri Levin
The angular momentum evolution of stars close to massive black holes (MBHs) is driven by secular torques. In contrast to two-body relaxation, where interactions between stars are i…
Mass Segregation in the Galactic Centre
Clovis Hopman, Ann-Marie Madigan
Two-body energy exchange between stars orbiting massive black holes (MBHs) leads to the formation of a power-law density distribution n(r)~r^(-a) that diverges towards the MBH. For…
Binary dynamics near a massive black hole
Clovis Hopman
We analyze the dynamical evolution of binary stars that interact with a static background of single stars in the environment of a massive black hole (MBH). All stars are considered…
Probing Stellar Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei
M. Coleman Miller, Tal Alexander, Pau Amaro-Seoane +7
Electromagnetic observations over the last 15 years have yielded a growing appreciation for the importance of supermassive black holes (SMBH) to the evolution of galaxies, and for…
The gravitational wave background from star-massive black hole fly-bys
Silvia Toonen, Clovis Hopman, Marc Freitag
Stars on eccentric orbits around a massive black hole (MBH) emit bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) at periapse. Such events may be directly resolvable in the Galactic centre. How…
Extreme mass ratio inspiral rates: dependence on the massive black hole mass
Clovis Hopman
We study the rate at which stars spiral into a massive black hole (MBH) due to the emission of gravitational waves (GWs), as a function of the mass M of the MBH. In the context of…