Symmetries and Dynamics of Star Clusters

• Main Author: Haas, Jaroslav (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

In this PhD thesis, which was nominated for publication in this series by the Astronomical Institute at Charles University, Prague, the author investigates the orbital evolution of an initially thin stellar disc around a supermassive black hole, considering various perturbative sources of gravity. H...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Prerequisites
• Disc embedded in spherical cluster
• Coupling of near-Keplerian orbits
• Sagittarius A*
• Conclusions.