Dynamics and Evolution of Galactic Nuclei.
Deep within galaxies like the Milky Way, astronomers have found a fascinating legacy of Einstein's general theory of relativity: supermassive black holes. Connected to the evolution of the galaxies that contain these black holes, galactic nuclei are the sites of uniquely energetic events, inclu...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New Jersey :
Princeton University Press
2013.
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| Edice: | Princeton series in astrophysics.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1nxcw93 |
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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
- Chapter 2 OBSERVATIONS OF GALACTIC NUCLEI AND SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
- 2.1 Structure of galaxies and galactic nuclei
- 2.2 Techniques for weighing black holes
- 2.3 Supermassive black holes in the Local Group
- 2.4 Phenomenology
- 2.5 Evidence for intermediate-mass black holes
- 2.6 Evidence for binary and multiple supermassive black holes
- 2.7 Gravitational waves
- Chapter 3 COLLISIONLESS EQUILIBRIA
- 3.1 Orbits, integrals, and steady states
- 3.2 Spherical nuclei
- 3.3 The adiabatic growth model
- 3.4 Axisymmetric nuclei
- 3.5 Triaxial nuclei
- Chapter 4 MOTION NEAR SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
- 4.1 Keplerian orbits
- 4.2 Perturbed orbits
- 4.3 The post-Newtonian approximation
- 4.4 Newtonian perturbations
- 4.5 Relativistic orbits
- 4.6 Capture
- 4.7 Relativistic motion in the presence of a distributed mass
- 4.8 Motion in the presence of a second massive body
- 4.9 Stellar motions at the center of the Milky Way
- Chapter 5 THEORY OF GRAVITATIONAL ENCOUNTERS
- 5.1 Basic concepts and time of relaxation
- 5.2 Diffusion coefficients
- 5.3 Fokker-Planck equation
- 5.4 Gravitational Brownian motion
- 5.5 Orbit-averaged Fokker-Planck equation
- 5.6 Gravitational encounters near a supermassive black hole
- 5.7 Encounters with a spinning supermassive black hole
- Chapter 6 LOSS-CONE DYNAMICS
- 6.1 Spherical symmetry
- 6.2 Nonspherical nuclei
- 6.3 Binary and hypervelocity stars
- 6.4 Relativistic loss cones and extreme-mass-ratio inspirals
- Chapter 7 COLLISIONAL EVOLUTION OF NUCLEI
- 7.1 Evolution of the stellar distribution around a supermassive black hole
- 7.2 Cusp (re)generation
- 7.3 Black-hole-driven expansion
- 7.4 Massive perturbers
- 7.5 Evolution of nuclei lacking massive black holes
- Chapter 8 BINARY AND MULTIPLE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
- 8.1 Interaction of a massive binary with field stars
- 8.2 Massive binary at the center of a galaxy: I. Early evolution
- 8.3 Massive binary at the center of a galaxy: II. Late evolution
- 8.4 Interaction of binary supermassive black holes with gas
- 8.5 Simulations of galaxy mergers
- 8.6 Dynamics of intermediate-mass black holes
- 8.7 Triple supermassive black holes and the final-parsec problem
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- References
- Index