The core radius of a star cluster containing a massive black hole

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2006-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611950v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in PASJ Letters, PASJ Vol. 59, No. 3. (to be issued on June 25, 2007). Minor revisions

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(Simplified) We present a theoretical framework which establishes how the core radius of a star cluster varies with the mass of an assumed central black hole. Our result is that the ratio of core to half-mass radius varies as the 3/4 power of the ratio of the black hole to cluster mass, when the system is well relaxed. The theory compares favourably with a number of simulations of this problem, which extend to black hole masses of order 10% of the cluster mass. Though strictly limited as yet to clusters with stars of equal mass, our conclusion strengthens the view that clusters with large core radii are the most promising candidates in which to find a massive black hole.

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