2 papers
astro-ph2003
Chaotic Loss Cones, Black Hole Fueling and the M-Sigma Relation
David Merritt, M. Y. Poon
In classical loss cone theory, stars are supplied to a central black hole via gravitational scattering onto low angular momentum orbits. Higher feeding rates are possible if the gr…
astro-ph2002
A Self-Consistent Study of Triaxial Black-Hole Nuclei
M. Y. Poon, D. Merritt
We construct models of triaxial galactic nuclei containing central black holes using the method of orbital superposition, then verify their stability by advancing N-body realizatio…