yanlongastro / imbh-runaway-mergers

IMBH from runaway mergers in star clusters

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 and Cython.

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}
}