Dynamical evolution of binary supermassive black holes

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• Eugene Vasiliev (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge)
• Tuesday 05 June 2018, 13:00-14:00
• MR21, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

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I review the life cycle of supermassive black hole binaries, focusing on their gravitational interactions with stars in the galactic nucleus, which produce many interesting astrophysical phenomena: tidal disruptions, ejection of hypervelocity stars, formation of galactic cores, and of course, the shrinking and eventual coalescence of the binary itself. I describe the challenges in modelling these systems with conventional N-body codes, and present an alternative Monte Carlo approach that overcomes these difficulties.

This talk is part of the DAMTP Astro Lunch series.

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