Massive Black Hole Binaries from Collisional Runaways

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2005-12-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0512642v2

Astrophys.J.640:L39-L42,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages with emulateapj. To appear in ApJ letters. Minor revisions to include the changes suggested by the referee

Scientific paper

10.1086/503295

Recent theoretical work has solidified the viability of the collisional runaway scenario in young dense star clusters for the formation of very massive stars (VMSs), which may be precursors to intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). We present first results from a numerical study of the collisional runaway process in dense star clusters containing primordial binaries. Stellar collisions during binary scattering encounters offer an alternate channel for runaway growth, somewhat independent of direct collisions between single stars. We find that clusters with binary fractions >~10% yield two VMSs via collisional runaways, presenting the exotic possibility of forming IMBH--IMBH binaries in star clusters. We discuss the implications for gravitational wave observations, and the impact on cluster structure.

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