The Evolution of a Supermassive Retrograde Binary Embedded in an Accretion Disk

In this note we discuss the main results of a study of a massive binary with unequal mass ratio, q, embedded in an accretion disk, with its orbital rotation being opposed to that of the disk. When the mass ratio is sufficiently large, a gap opens in the disk, but the mechanism of gap formation is ve...

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Main Authors: Ivanov P. B., Papaloizou J. C. B., Paardekooper S.-J., Polnarev A. G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015-06-01
Series:Open Astronomy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0216