Stellar capture by an accretion disc
Astrophysics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
Long-term evolution of a stellar orbit captured by a massive galactic center via successive interactions with an accretion disc has been examined. An analytical solution describing evolution of the stellar orbital parameters during the initial stage of the capture was found. Our results are applicable to thin Keplerian discs with an arbitrary radial distribution of density and rather general prescription for the star-disc interaction. Temporal evolution is given in the form of quadrature which can be carried out numerically.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9710169,
title = {Stellar capture by an accretion disc},
author = {D. Vokrouhlicky and V. Karas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9710169},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Letter to MNRAS, 5 pages and 3 figures; also available at http://otokar.troja.mff.cuni.cz/user/karas/au_www/karas/papers.htm