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On the origins of enigmatic stellar populations in Local Group galactic nuclei
Nathan W. C. Leigh, Fabio Antonini, Nicholas C. Stone +2
We consider the origins of enigmatic stellar populations in four Local Group galactic nuclei, specifically the Milky Way, M31, M32 and M33. These are centrally concentrated blue st…
Formation of Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei: Runaway Tidal Encounters
Nicholas C. Stone, Andreas H. W. Kuepper, Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) and supermassive black holes (SMBHs) both inhabit galactic nuclei, coexisting in a range of bulge masses, but excluding each other in the largest or sm…
An enhanced rate of tidal disruptions in the centrally overdense E+A galaxy NGC 3156
Nicholas C. Stone, Sjoert van Velzen
Time domain optical surveys have discovered roughly a dozen candidate stellar tidal disruption flares in the last five years, and future surveys like the {\it Large Synoptic Survey…
Assisted Inspirals of Stellar Mass Black Holes Embedded in AGN Disks: Solving the "Final AU Problem"
Nicholas C. Stone, Brian D. Metzger, Zoltan Haiman
We explore the evolution of stellar mass black hole binaries (BHBs) which are formed in the self-gravitating disks of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Hardening due to three-body scat…