Supernova Kicks and Dynamics of Compact Remnants in the Galactic Centre

Understand

The Galactic Centre (GC) is a unique place to study the extreme dynamical processes occurring near a super-massive black hole (SMBH).

• Here we investigate the role of supernova (SN) explosions occurring in massive binary systems lying in a disc-like structure within the innermost parsec.
• We use a regularized algorithm to simulate 30,000 isolated three-body systems composed of a stellar binary orbiting the SMBH.
• We start the integration when the primary member undergoes a SN explosion, and we analyze the impact of SN kicks on the orbits of stars and compact remnants.