Up to 50% of wide binaries in the empty loss-cone regime around massive black holes harden into close binaries via repeated MBH perturbations and chaotic stellar tides rather than undergoing Hills breakup.
We further define the dimensionless tidal overlap integral ¯Qα: ¯Qα = Qα M1/2 ∗,1 Rl−1 ∗,1 .(B5) While in principle eq
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Formation of Close Binaries through Massive Black Hole Perturbations and Chaotic Tides
Up to 50% of wide binaries in the empty loss-cone regime around massive black holes harden into close binaries via repeated MBH perturbations and chaotic stellar tides rather than undergoing Hills breakup.