On the rates of binary star collisions around hypermassive black holes

arXiv:2609.27492 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-23 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-09-23

Updated: 2026-09-23

Terminology

• Tidal Disruption Event — 3× in this paper
• Australian Research Council — 2× in this paper
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• N-body simulations — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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