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Hot Jupiters driven by high-eccentricity migration in globular clusters
Adrian S. Hamers, Scott Tremaine
Hot Jupiters (HJs) are short-period giant planets that are observed around ~ 1% of solar-type field stars. One possible formation scenario for HJs is high-eccentricity (high-e) mig…
The rate of WD-WD head-on collisions in isolated triples is too low to explain standard type Ia supernovae
S. Toonen, H. B. Perets, A. S. Hamers
Type Ia supernovae (Ia-SNe) are thought to arise from the thermonuclear explosions of white dwarfs (WDs). The progenitors of such explosions are still highly debated; in particular…
Secular chaotic dynamics in hierarchical quadruple systems, with applications to hot Jupiters in stellar binaries and triples
Adrian S. Hamers, Dong Lai
Hierarchical quadruple systems arise naturally in stellar binaries and triples that harbour planets. Examples are hot Jupiters (HJs) in stellar triple systems, and planetary compan…
Binary black hole mergers from field triples: properties, rates and the impact of stellar evolution
Fabio Antonini, Silvia Toonen, Adrian S. Hamers
We consider the formation of binary black hole mergers through the evolution of field massive triple stars. In this scenario, favorable conditions for the inspiral of a black hole…
Relaxation near supermassive black holes driven by nuclear spiral arms: anisotropic hypervelocity stars, S-stars and tidal disruption events
Adrian S. Hamers, Hagai B. Perets
Nuclear spiral arms are small-scale transient spiral structures found in the centers of galaxies. Similarly to their galactic-scale counterparts, nuclear spiral arms can perturb th…
Hints for hidden planetary companions to hot Jupiters in stellar binaries
Adrian S. Hamers
Searches for stellar companions to hot Jupiters (HJs) have revealed that planetary systems hosting a HJ are approximately three times more likely to have a stellar companion with a…