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Growth of black holes at the centers of galaxies: Absorption of stars and activity of galactic nuclei

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We study the influence of supermassive black holes on the distribution of stars at the centers of galaxies. We analyze relaxation processes associated with encounters between stars and their absorption by black holes. For an isothermal distribution of stars, we obtain the growth law and estimate the current masses of black holes. The tidal disruption of stars near black holes is considered as a possible cause of the activity of galactic nuclei.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. A. Sirota, A. S. Il’in, K. P. Zybin & A. V. Gurevich

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, Vol. 127, No. 2, 2005, pp. 331–342.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Sirota, Il’in, Zybin, Gurevich.

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Sirota, V.A., Il’in, A.S., Zybin, K.P. et al. Growth of black holes at the centers of galaxies: Absorption of stars and activity of galactic nuclei. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 100, 294–304 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1884670

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