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astro-ph1996★ 168 cited
Capture of stellar--mass compact objects by massive black holes in galactic cusps
S. Sigurdsson, M. J. Rees
A significant fraction of the stellar population in the cusp around central black holes of galaxies consists of compact remnants of evolved stars, such as white dwarfs, neutron sta…
astro-ph1996★ 66 cited
Close Approach during Hard Binary--Binary Scattering
D. Bacon, S. Sigurdsson, M. B. Davies
We report on an extensive series of numerical experiments of binary--binary scattering, analysing the cross--section for close approach during interactions for a range of hard bina…