Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-02-06
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.Lett. 371 (2006) L45-L49
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
new plots included, minor changes, 5 pages, needs mn2e.bst and mn2e.cls (included in the tar.gz file) accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00205.x
Compact object clusters are likely to exist in the centre of some galaxies because of mass segregation. The high densities and velocities reached in them deserves a better understanding. The formation of binaries and their subsequent merging by gravitational radiation emission is important to the evolution of such clusters. We address the evolution of such a system in a relativistic regime. The recurrent mergers at high velocities create an object with a mass much larger than the average. For this aim we modified the direct {\sc Nbody6}++ code to include post-Newtonian effects to the force during two-body encounters. We adjusted the equations of motion to include for the first time the effects of both periastron shift and energy loss by emission of gravitational waves and so to study the eventual decay and merger of radiating binaries. The method employed allows us to give here an accurate post-Newtonian description of the formation of a run-away compact object by successive mergers with surrounding particles, as well as the distribution of characteristic eccentricities in the events. This study should be envisaged as a first step towards a detailed, accurate study of possible gravitational waves sources thanks to the combination of the direct {\sc Nbody} numerical tool with the implementation of post-Newtonian terms on it.
Amaro-Seoane Pau
Kupi Gábor
Spurzem Rainer
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