Getting a kick out of the stellar disk(s) in the galactic center

dc.creatorPerets, Hagai B.
dc.creatorKupi, Gabor
dc.creatorAlexander, Tal
dc.date2007-09-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:39:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:39:16Z
dc.descriptionRecent observations of the Galactic center revealed a nuclear disk of young OB stars, in addition to many similar outlying stars with higher eccentricities and/or high inclinations relative to the disk (some of them possibly belonging to a second disk). Binaries in such nuclear disks, if they exist in non-negligible fractions, could have a major role in the evolution of the disks through binary heating of this stellar system. We suggest that interactions with/in binaries may explain some (or all) of the observed outlying young stars in the Galactic center. Such stars could have been formed in a disk, and later on kicked out from it through binary related interactions, similar to ejection of high velocity runaway OB stars in young clusters throughout the galaxy.
dc.description2 pages, 2 figs. To be published in the proceedings of the IAU 246 symposium on "Dynamical evolution of dense stellar systems"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0139
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0139
dc.identifierIAU Symposium, 2008, Volume 246, p. 275-276
dc.identifierdoi:10.1017/S1743921308015780
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161105
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGetting a kick out of the stellar disk(s) in the galactic center
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