Essays about: "Hypervelocity stars"

Found 3 essays containing the words Hypervelocity stars.

1. 1. Hyper-velocity stars from globular clusters hosting intermediate-mass black holes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

   Author : Matilda Skantz; [2023]
   Keywords : Hypervelocity stars; run-away stars; stellar binary; intermediate mass black hole; globular cluster; Hills mechanism; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : In 1988 Hills proposed that stars can gain velocities above 500 km s−1 if they are in a stellar binary which gets disrupted by a super massive black hole (SMBH). One of the stars would get trapped in an elliptical orbit around the SMBH while the other gets ejected and obtains a relatively high velocity. READ MORE

3. 2. Making Hypervelocity Stars

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

   Author : Frans Forsberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Stellar Dynamics; Binary Stars; Galactic Centre; Binary Relaxation; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate if the binaries that are being tidally disrupted by means of the Hills mechanism, producing hypervelocity stars, could have been transported to the galactic centre by two-body scattering. To survive a scattering event, the binary must be hard, meaning that the binding energy of the binary is higher than the kinetic energy of the collider. READ MORE

4. 3. On the Origin of Hypervelocity Stars

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

   Author : Karl Wahlberg Jansson; [2010]
   Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) are stars located in the Galactic halo travelling with extremely high speeds. They are produced when a binary approches the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the Galactic Center (GC) and gets tidally broken up. In this process one of the stars is ejected with high velocity. READ MORE