A Recent Supermassive Black Hole Binary in the Galactic Center Unveiled by the Hypervelocity Stars

A Recent Supermassive Black Hole Binary in the Galactic Center Unveiled by the Hypervelocity Stars

When a binary of early-type stars from the young stellar populations in the Galactic center (GC) region is scattered to the vicinity of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) Sgr A*, one of the components would be tidally ejected as an early-type hypervelocity star (HVS) and the counterpart would be cap...

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Main Authors: Chunyang Cao, F. K. Liu, Shuo Li, Xian Chen, Ke Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Galactic center
Hypervelocity stars
Supermassive black holes
Galaxy mergers
Binary stars
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adbbf2
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