LOSSCONE: Capture rates of stars by a supermassive black hole
Abstract
LOSSCONE computes the rates of capture of stars by supermassive black holes. It uses a stationary and time-dependent solutions for the Fokker-Planck equation describing the evolution of the distribution function of stars due to two-body relaxation, and works for arbitrary spherical and axisymmetric galactic models that are provided by the user in the form of M(r), the cumulative mass as a function of radius.
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- August 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013ascl.soft08002V
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- Software