Stars & Singularities
Table of Contents
001.
Stars and Singularities
002.
Singularities
003.
1: Stars near a BH
004.
Why stars?
005.
Young stars - old stars
006.
Nature vs Nurture
007.
Collisions: dynamics & evolution
008.
Physical scales: time
009.
Physical scales: length
010.
Relaxed stellar system with MBH
011.
The stellar distribution function
012.
Summary: Stars near a BH
013.
2: The stellar collider
014.
Cusp or core?
015.
The collision rate
016.
Star counts
017.
The stellar distribution
018.
Modes of collisional destruction
019.
Collisional destruction of giants
020.
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
021.
Exotic object formation
022.
Tidal spin-up by collisions
023.
BH-MS collision
024.
MS-MS collision
025.
Stellar spin near the BH
026.
Tidal scattering by the BH
027.
MBH-MS tide
028.
MBH-MS tide (zoom)
029.
Summary: Stellar collisions
030.
3: The Gravitational Telescope
031.
Gravitational lensing in the GC
032.
Lensing by a point mass
033.
2 lensed images
034.
Pinpointing the BH
035.
Modes of detection
036.
Microlensing lightcurve
037.
X-section, duration, amplification
038.
Optical depth - Lensing probability
039.
Lensing event rate
040.
Were lensing flares observed?
041.
Magnification bias
042.
Beyond the point lens assumption
043.
Enhanced BH-star lensing
044.
Summary: Gravitational lensing
045.
Summary: Stars very near the GC BH