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most citedEvolution of Star Clusters near the Galactic Center: Fully Self-consistent N-body Simulations

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astro-ph.GA2026

Tree-ring structure of Galactic bar resonance in N-body simulations

Rimpei Chiba, Michiko Fujii, Junichi Baba +2

We study the structure and evolution of the galactic bar's resonant phase-space in self-consistent N-body simulations of the Milky Way, with and without perturbations from the Sagi…

astro-ph.GA2026

SIRIUS: The relation between the diversity of dwarf galaxies and their formation histories

Chi-Hong Lin, Michiko S Fujii, Takayuki R Saitoh +1

Low-mass dwarf galaxies () are fundamental cosmological building blocks, yet the physical processes driving their structural diversity remain…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 14 cited

On the Formation of GW231123 in Population III Star Clusters

Shuai Liu, Long Wang, Ataru Tanikawa +2

GW231123 is a binary black hole merger whose primary component lies within or above the pair-instability mass gap, while the secondary component falls within this gap. The standard…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

GW231123 Formation from Population III Stars: Isolated Binary Evolution

Ataru Tanikawa, Shuai Liu, WeiWei Wu +2

GW231123 is a merger of two black holes (BHs) with estimated masses exceeding , making them the most massive BHs discovered to date via gravitational wave (GW…

astro-ph.SR2025

Double Compact Binary Merger Rate Density in Open Star Clusters: Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and White Dwarfs

Savannah Cary, Michiko Fujii, Long Wang +1

Studying compact-object binary mergers in star clusters is crucial for understanding stellar evolution and dynamical interactions in galaxies. Open clusters in particular are more…

astro-ph.HE2025

Pair-Instability Gap Black Holes in Population III Star Clusters: Pathways, Dynamics, and Gravitational Wave Implications

Weiwei Wu, Long Wang, Shuai Liu +3

The detection of the gravitational wave (GW) event GW190521 raises questions about the formation of black holes within the pair-instability mass gap (PIBHs). We propose that Popula…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Hidden in Pixels. I. Discovery of dual "little red dots" indicates excess clustering on kilo-parsec scales

Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Kazuhiro Shimasaku +56

``Little Red Dots'' (LRDs) are an abundant high-redshift population newly discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and considered to be an early growth phase of supermas…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

Compact Binary Formation in Open Star Clusters III: Probability of Binary Black Holes Hidden in Gaia Black Hole Binary

Ataru Tanikawa, Long Wang, Michiko S. Fujii +3

The Gaia mission and its follow-up observations have discovered a few candidates of non-interacting single black holes (BHs) and visible stars, Gaia BH1, BH2, and BH3, collectively…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 29 cited

The impact of primordial binary on the dynamical evolution of intermediate massive star clusters

Long Wang, Ataru Tanikawa, Michiko S. Fujii

Observations found that star clusters contain a large fraction of binaries. Tight binaries are an important heating source that influences the long-term dynamical evolution of star…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 26 cited

The origin of S-stars and a young stellar disk: distribution of debris stars of a sinking star cluster

Michiko Fujii, Masaki Iwasawa, Yoko Funato +1

Within the distance of 1 pc from the Galactic center (GC), more than 100 young massive stars have been found. The massive stars at 0.1-1 pc from the GC are located in one or two di…

astro-ph2007★ 31 cited

Evolution of Star Clusters near the Galactic Center: Fully Self-consistent N-body Simulations

M. Fujii, M. Iwasawa, Y. Funato +1

We have performed fully self-consistent -body simulations of star clusters near the Galactic center (GC). Such simulations have not been performed because it is difficult to per…