Analytic study of mass segregation around a massive black hole

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2009-01-28

arxiv.org/abs/0901.4343v2

Astrophys.J.698:L64-L67,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

Revised version published in Astrophys. J. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/698/1/L64

We analyze the distribution of stars of arbitrary mass function xi(m) around a massive black hole (MBH). Unless xi is strongly dominated by light stars, the steady-state distribution function approaches a power-law in specific energy x=-E/(m*sigma^2)

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