Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-02-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrophysical Journal, accepted 2/13/2008
Scientific paper
10.1086/587511
A study is made of the behavior of massive black holes in disk galaxies that have received an impulsive kick from a merger or a sustained acceleration from an asymmetric jet. The motion of the gas, stars, dark matter, and massive black hole are calculated using the GADGET-2 simulation code. The massive black hole escapes the galaxy for kick velocities above about 600 km/s or accelerations above about 4*10^{-8} cm/s^2 over time-scales of the order of 10^8 yr. For smaller velocity kicks or smaller accelerations, the black hole oscillates about the center of mass with a frequency which decreases as the kick velocity or acceleration increases. The black hole displacements may give rise to observable nonaxisymmetries in the morphology and dynamics of the stellar and gaseous disk of the galaxy. In some cases the dynamical center of the galaxy is seen to be displaced towards the direction of the BH acceleration with a characteristic ``tongue--'' shaped extension of the velocity contours on the side of the galaxy opposite the acceleration.
Kornreich David Allan
Lovelace Richard V. E.
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