IMBH from runaway mergers in star clusters.
Features:
- Monte Carlo simulation of YMC runaway mergers based on Grudic et al. 2018.
- Included point mass correction, and provided analytical or numerical solutions.
- Written in python, accelerated with
mpi4py
andCython
.
Reference:
@ARTICLE{ShiGrudic2021,
author = {{Shi}, Yanlong and {Grudi{\'c}}, Michael Y. and {Hopkins}, Philip F.},
title = "{The mass budget for intermediate-mass black holes in dense star clusters}",
journal = {\mnras},
keywords = {stars: formation, globular clusters: general, galaxies: formation, galaxies: star clusters: general, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
year = 2021,
month = aug,
volume = {505},
number = {2},
pages = {2753-2763},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stab1470},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {2008.12290},
primaryClass = {astro-ph.GA},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.505.2753S},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}