# Massive black hole binary eccentricity in rotating stellar systems

@article{Sesana2011MassiveBH,
title={Massive black hole binary eccentricity in rotating stellar systems},
author={Alberto Sesana and Alessia Gualandris and Massimo Dotti},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters},
year={2011},
volume={415},
pages={35}
}
• Published 3 May 2011
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• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
In this letter we study the eccentricity evolution of a massive black hole (MBH) binary (MBHB) embedded in a rotating stellar cusp. Following the observation that stars on counter-rotating (with respect to the MBHB) orbits extract angular momentum from the binary more efficiently then their co-rotating counterparts, the eccentricity evolution of the MBHB must depend on the degree of co-rotation (counter-rotation) of the surrounding stellar distribution. Using an hybrid scheme that couples… Expand

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