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astro-ph.HE2011★ 45 cited
Roche Accretion of stars close to massive black holes
Lixin Dai, Roger D. Blandford
In this paper we consider Roche accretion in an Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspiral (EMRI) binary system formed by a star orbiting a massive black hole. The ultimate goal is to detect the…
astro-ph.HE2011★ 19 cited
Adiabatic Evolution of Mass-losing Stars
Lixin Dai, Roger D. Blandford, Peter P. Eggleton
We have calculated the equilibrium properties of a star in a circular, equatorial orbit about a Super-Massive Black Hole (SMBH), when the star fills and overflows its Roche lobe. T…