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astro-ph.HE2016★ 299 cited
Lidov-Kozai Cycles with Gravitational Radiation: Merging Black Holes in Isolated Triple Systems
Kedron Silsbee, Scott Tremaine
We show that a black-hole binary with an external companion can undergo Lidov-Kozai cycles that cause a close pericenter passage, leading to a rapid merger due to gravitational-wav…
astro-ph.EP2016★ 20 cited
Modeling the Nearly Isotropic Comet Population in Anticipation of LSST Observations
Kedron Silsbee, Scott Tremaine
We run simulations to determine the expected distribution of orbital elements of nearly isotropic comets (NICs) in the outer solar system, assuming that these comets originate in t…