Semi-Analytical Model for the Evolution of Stellar Binaries in the Empty Loss Cone of Massive Black Holes

arXiv:2607.18761 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-21 · Read on arXiv

Samuel McGuire, Evgeni Grishin, Ilya Mandel, Yuri Levin

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-07-21

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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Sources

• Dynamical evolution of stellar binaries in galactic centers
• Gravitational-Wave Signatures of Highly Eccentric Stellar-Mass Binary Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei
• Formation of Close Binaries through Massive Black Hole Perturbations and Chaotic Tides

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