The Eccentric Disc Instability: Dependency on Background Stellar Cluster

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2010-02-05

arxiv.org/abs/1002.1277v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

Proceedings article to be published in "The Galactic Center: A Window on the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies", ed. Mark M

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In this paper we revisit the "eccentric disc instability", an instability which occurs in coherently eccentric discs of stars orbiting massive black holes (MBHs) embedded in stellar clusters, which results in stars achieving either very high or low eccentricities. The preference for stars to attain higher or lower eccentricities depends significantly on the density distribution of the surrounding stellar cluster. Here we discuss its mechanism and the implications for the Galactic Centre, home to at least one circum-MBH stellar disc.

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