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Beschreibung
In this PhD thesis, which was nominated for publication in this series by the Astronomical Institute at Charles University, Prague, the author investigates the orbital evolution of an initially thin stellar disc around a supermassive black hole, considering various perturbative sources of gravity. His findings, obtained by both direct numerical N-body modelling and using standard perturbation methods, offer a viable theoretical explanation for the observed configuration of young stars in the Galactic Centre. This marks a significant contribution to a topic of great interest in contemporary astrophysics.
The author also shows in his thesis that a secular instability (m = 1 mode) may occur in the embedding spherical cluster of old stars. This increases the richness of possible evolution scenarios of the embedding cluster and may lead to effective feeding of supermassive black holes through tidal disruption of stars on extremely eccentric orbits.
In this PhD thesis, which was nominated for publication in this series by the Astronomical Institute at Charles University, Prague, the author investigates the orbital evolution of an initially thin stellar disc around a supermassive black hole, considering various perturbative sources of gravity. His findings, obtained by both direct numerical N-body modelling and using standard perturbation methods, offer a viable theoretical explanation for the observed configuration of young stars in the Galactic Centre. This marks a significant contribution to a topic of great interest in contemporary astrophysics.
The author also shows in his thesis that a secular instability (m = 1 mode) may occur in the embedding spherical cluster of old stars. This increases the richness of possible evolution scenarios of the embedding cluster and may lead to effective feeding of supermassive black holes through tidal disruption of stars on extremely eccentric orbits.
Zusammenfassung
Dr. Jaroslav Haas has been awarded his PhD by the Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Prague in 2012.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword.- Prerequisites.- Disc embedded in spherical cluster.- Coupling of near-Keplerian orbits.- Sagittarius A*.- Conclusions.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xvi
79 S.
42 s/w Illustr.
79 p. 42 illus.
ISBN-13: 9783319378572
ISBN-10: 3319378570
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-3-319-37857-2
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Haas, Jaroslav
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Hersteller: Springer
Springer, Berlin
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Abbildungen: XVI, 79 p. 42 illus.
Maße: 235 x 155 x 5 mm
Von/Mit: Jaroslav Haas
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,161 kg
Artikel-ID: 111862033