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The Stationary Points of the Hierarchical Three Body Problem
Bradley M. S. Hansen, Smadar Naoz
We study the stationary points of the hierarchical three body problem in the planetary limit (m_2, m_3 << m_1) at both the quadrupole and octupole orders. We demonstrate that the e…
Gravitational-Wave Signatures from Compact Object Binaries in the Galactic Center
Huiyi Wang, Alexander P. Stephan, Smadar Naoz +2
Almost every galaxy has a supermassive black hole (SMBH) residing at its center, the Milky Way included. Recent studies suggest that these unique places are expected to host a high…
Giant Planets, Tiny Stars: Producing Short-Period Planets around White Dwarfs with the Eccentric Kozai-Lidov Mechanism
Alexander P. Stephan, Smadar Naoz, B. Scott Gaudi
The recent discoveries of WD J091405.30+191412.25 (WD J0914 hereafter), a white dwarf likely accreting material from an ice giant planet, and WD 1856+534 b (WD 1856 b hereafter), a…
The effects of turbulence on galactic nuclear gas rings
Jesus M. Salas, Smadar Naoz, Mark R. Morris
The gas dynamics in the inner few kiloparsecs of barred galaxies often results in configurations that give rise to nuclear gas rings. However, the generic dynamical description of…
Black Hole Mergers from Hierarchical Triples in Dense Star Clusters
Miguel A. S. Martinez, Giacomo Fragione, Kyle Kremer +8
Hierarchical triples are expected to be produced by the frequent binary-mediated interactions in the cores of globular clusters. In some of these triples, the tertiary companion ca…
On Socially Distant Neighbors: Using Binaries to Constrain the Density of Objects in the Galactic Center
Sanaea C. Rose, Smadar Naoz, Abhimat K. Gautam +4
Stars often reside in binary configurations. The nuclear star cluster surrounding the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the Galactic Center (GC) is expected to include a binary pop…