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Dissipationless Formation and Evolution of the Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster
Fabio Antonini, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti +1
Abridged: In one widely discussed model for the formation of nuclear star clusters (NSCs), massive globular clusters spiral into the center of a galaxy and merge to form the nucleu…
Dynamical Friction around Supermassive Black Holes
Fabio Antonini, David Merritt
The density of stars in galactic bulges is often observed to be flat or slowly rising inside the influence radius of the supermassive black hole (SMBH). Attributing the dynamical f…
The Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster
Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, Fabio Antonini, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti
In the center of the Milky Way, as well as in many other galaxies, a compact star cluster around a very massive black hole is observed. One of the possible explanations for the for…