2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Hydrodynamic Simulations of Eccentric Black Hole Encounters in AGN Discs
Andrew Imai, Henry Whitehead, Bence Kocsis
We investigate close encounters between stellar-mass black holes (BHs) in the gaseous discs of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), during which binary black holes (BBHs) may form. We pe…
astro-ph.HE2025
Dark Matter and the Early Formation of Supermassive Black Holes
Andrew Imai, Grant J. Mathews, Guobao Tang +1
We investigate the growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at high redshift () from a combination of dark matter capture, black-hole mergers, and gas accretion. It has…