Dynamics of Galactic Nuclei

I spent half of my life thinking about stellar and gas dynamics of galactic nuclei.

Selected Publications

Stellar Disk in the Galactic Center: A Remnant of a Dense Accretion Disk?

Clockwise Stellar Disk and the Dark Mass in the Galactic Center

Intermediate-Mass Black Hole(s) and Stellar Orbits in the Galactic Center

Ejection of High-Velocity Stars from the Galactic Center by an Inspiraling Intermediate-Mass Black Hole

Formation of massive stars and black holes in self-gravitating AGN discs, and gravitational waves in LISA band

Starbursts near supermassive black holes: young stars in the Galactic Centre, and gravitational waves in LISA band

A New Secular Instability of Eccentric Stellar Disks around Supermassive Black Holes, with Application to the Galactic Center

Secular Stellar Dynamics near a Massive Black Hole

On the Origin of the B-stars in the Galactic Center

Magnetically Levitating Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes

Double Tidal Disruptions in Galactic Nuclei

Stellar binaries in galactic nuclei: tidally stimulated mergers followed by tidal disruptions

The Thermodynamics of Rotating Black Hole Star Clusters

Resonant friction on discs in galactic nuclei