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arXiv 2011.08216astro-ph.GAastro-ph.COastro-ph.HE
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宇宙学星系合并遗迹中损失锥星的性质

Properties of loss cone stars in a cosmological galaxy merger remnant

Branislav Avramov, Peter Berczik, Yohai Meiron, Anshuman Acharya, Andreas Just

摘要:

目的:我们研究了在宇宙学场景中形成的硬高红移双星超大质量黑洞(SMBH)系统与损失锥星强烈相互作用的轨道和相空间性质。研究方法:我们使用一种新的混合集成方法,结合直接N体代码$φ$ -GRAPE与ETICS,采用自洽场方法进行力计算的无碰撞代码。混合方法显示出相当大的速度比直接求和的粒子数$> 10^6$,同时保留的一个子集的粒子的直接N体的准确性。在SMBH二进制的演变过程中,我们监测个别恒星与二进制的相互作用,以确定恒星,显着有助于SMBH二进制硬化。结果:我们成功地识别和详细分析了从双星中提取能量的恒星的性质。我们发现,在这些恒星中看到的总能量变化与整体二元能量变化非常匹配,表明恒星相互作用是SMBH二元硬化的主要驱动因素,在三轴,气体贫乏的系统。轻微的三轴性,我们的系统的结果在有效的损失锥填充,避免了最后的秒差距问题。我们区分三个不同的人口的相互作用的基础上,他们的远心。我们发现一个明显的流行的相互作用与二进制共同旋转。然而,逆行相互作用是最有活力的,对整体能量交换的贡献仅略低于逆行人口。最具能量的相互作用也可能导致恒星角动量的符号变化。我们估计合并的时间尺度的二进制为$\approx 20$ $\mathrm{Myr}$,一个值的两倍以上的时间尺度在以前的研究报告。

英文摘要:

Aims: We investigate the orbital and phase space properties of loss cone stars that interact strongly with a hard, high-redshift binary supermassive black hole (SMBH) system formed in a cosmological scenario. Methods: We use a novel hybrid integration approach that combines the direct N-body code $φ$-GRAPE with ETICS, a collisionless code that employs the self-consistent field method for force calculation. The hybrid approach shows considerable speed-up over direct summation for particle numbers $> 10^6$, while retaining accuracy of direct N-body for a subset of particles. During the SMBH binary evolution we monitor individual stellar interactions with the binary in order to identify stars that noticeably contribute to the SMBH binary hardening. Results: We successfully identify and analyze in detail the properties of stars that extract energy from the binary. We find that the summed energy changes seen in these stars match very well with the overall binary energy change, demonstrating that stellar interactions are the primary drivers of SMBH binary hardening in triaxial, gas-poor systems. The slight triaxiality of our system results in efficient loss cone refilling, avoiding the final parsec problem. We distinguish three different populations of interactions based on their apocenter. We find a clear prevalence of interactions co-rotating with the binary. Nevertheless, retrograde interactions are the most energetic, contributing only slightly less than the prograde population to the overall energy exchange. The most energetic interactions are also likely to result in a change of sign in the angular momentum of the star. We estimate the merger timescale of the binary to be $\approx 20$ $\mathrm{Myr}$, a value larger by a factor of two than the timescale reported in a previous study.

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