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A simple model for the dynamics of stars located in a sphere with a radius of one-tenth of the central parsec, designed to enable estimation of the probability of capture in the close vicinity (r < 10−3 pc) of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) is presented. In the case of binary stars, such a capture with a high probability results in the formation of a hyper-velocity star. The population of stars in a sphere of radius <0.1 pc is calculated based on data for the Galactic rotation curve. To simulate the distortion of initially circular orbits of stars, these are subjected to a series of random shock encounters (“kicks”), whose net effect is to “push” these binary systems into the region of potential formation of hyper-velocity stars. The mean crossing time of the border of the close vicinity of the SMBH (r < 10−3 pc) by the stellar orbit can be used to estimate the probability that a binary system is captured, followed by the possible ejection of a hyper-velocity star.
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Original Russian Text © G.N. Dremova, V.V. Dremov, A.V. Tutukov, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, Vol. 93, No. 8, pp. 685–691.
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Dremova, G.N., Dremov, V.V. & Tutukov, A.V. An estimate of the probability of capture of a binary star by a supermassive black hole. Astron. Rep. 60, 695–701 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772916070039
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