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astro-ph.GA2012★ 55 cited
Relativity and the evolution of the Galactic center S-star orbits
Fabio Antonini, David Merritt
We consider the orbital evolution of the S-stars, the young main-sequence stars near the supermassive black hole (SBH) at the Galactic center (GC), and put constraints on competing…
astro-ph.GA2012★ 158 cited
Origin and growth of nuclear star clusters around massive black holes
Fabio Antonini
The centers of stellar spheroids are often marked by the presence of nucleated central regions, called nuclear star clusters (NSCs). The origin of NSCs is still unclear. Here we in…
astro-ph.GA2012★ 438 cited
Secular evolution of compact binaries near massive black holes: gravitational wave sources and other exotica
Fabio Antonini, Hagai Perets
The environment near super massive black holes (SMBHs) in galactic nuclei contain a large number of stars and compact objects. A fraction of these are likely to be members of binar…