Formation of Quasar Black Holes: A Fokker-Planck Model of Rotating Stellar Clusters

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We are developing a numerical model of dense stellar clusters (rho ~ 10(7) M_sunpc(-3) ) at the centres of galaxies, using the orbit-averaged Fokker-Planck equation in two-dimensional action-angle space. The model expands the work of Quinlan & Shapiro (1990 ApJ 356, 483, ``Q&S'') to include rotation and associated effects, ellipticity and angular momentum. A non-axisymmetric component of the potential (i.e. the formation of a stellar bar) is invoked to increase the efficiency of angular momentum transport. The aim is to show the formation of a massive ( ~ 10(3) M_sun) object at the cluster center which could evolve into the seed black hole of an active galactic nucleus or quasar.

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