Rapid formation of a very massive star >50000 $M_\odot$ and subsequently an IMBH from runaway collisions. Direct N-body and Monte Carlo simulations of dense star clusters
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| author | Vergara, Marcelo C. Askar, Abbas Kamlah, Albrecht W. H. Spurzem, Rainer Dotti, Francesco Flammini Schleicher, Dominik R. G. Sedda, Manuel Arca Hypki, Arkadiusz Giersz, Mirek Hurley, Jarrod Berczik, Peter Escala, Andres Hoyer, Nils Neumayer, Nadine Pang, Xiaoying Tanikawa, Ataru Cen, Renyue Naab, Thorsten |
| author_facet | Vergara, Marcelo C. Askar, Abbas Kamlah, Albrecht W. H. Spurzem, Rainer Dotti, Francesco Flammini Schleicher, Dominik R. G. Sedda, Manuel Arca Hypki, Arkadiusz Giersz, Mirek Hurley, Jarrod Berczik, Peter Escala, Andres Hoyer, Nils Neumayer, Nadine Pang, Xiaoying Tanikawa, Ataru Cen, Renyue Naab, Thorsten |
| contents | Context. We present simulations of a massive young star cluster using \textsc{Nbody6++GPU} and \textsc{MOCCA}. The cluster is initially more compact than previously published models, with one million stars, a total mass of $5.86 \times 10^5~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$, and a half-mass radius of $0.1~\mathrm{pc}$.
Aims. We analyse the formation and growth of a very massive star (VMS) through successive stellar collisions and investigate the subsequent formation of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) in the core of a dense star cluster.
Methods. We use both direct \textit{N}-body and Monte Carlo simulations, incorporating updated stellar evolution prescriptions (SSE/BSE) tailored to massive stars and VMSs. These include revised treatments of stellar radii, rejuvenation, and mass loss during collisions. While the prescriptions represent reasonable extrapolations into the VMS regime, the internal structure and thermal state of VMSs formed through stellar collisions remain uncertain, and future work may require further refinement.
Results. We find that runaway stellar collisions in the cluster core produce a VMS exceeding $5 \times 10^4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ within 5 Myr, which subsequently collapses into an IMBH.
Conclusions. Our model suggests that dense stellar environments may enable the formation of very massive stars and massive black hole seeds through runaway stellar collisions. These results provide a potential pathway for early black hole growth in star clusters and offer theoretical context for interpreting recent JWST observations of young, compact clusters at high redshift. |
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| spellingShingle | Rapid formation of a very massive star >50000 $M_\odot$ and subsequently an IMBH from runaway collisions. Direct N-body and Monte Carlo simulations of dense star clusters Vergara, Marcelo C. Askar, Abbas Kamlah, Albrecht W. H. Spurzem, Rainer Dotti, Francesco Flammini Schleicher, Dominik R. G. Sedda, Manuel Arca Hypki, Arkadiusz Giersz, Mirek Hurley, Jarrod Berczik, Peter Escala, Andres Hoyer, Nils Neumayer, Nadine Pang, Xiaoying Tanikawa, Ataru Cen, Renyue Naab, Thorsten Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Context. We present simulations of a massive young star cluster using \textsc{Nbody6++GPU} and \textsc{MOCCA}. The cluster is initially more compact than previously published models, with one million stars, a total mass of $5.86 \times 10^5~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$, and a half-mass radius of $0.1~\mathrm{pc}$. Aims. We analyse the formation and growth of a very massive star (VMS) through successive stellar collisions and investigate the subsequent formation of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) in the core of a dense star cluster. Methods. We use both direct \textit{N}-body and Monte Carlo simulations, incorporating updated stellar evolution prescriptions (SSE/BSE) tailored to massive stars and VMSs. These include revised treatments of stellar radii, rejuvenation, and mass loss during collisions. While the prescriptions represent reasonable extrapolations into the VMS regime, the internal structure and thermal state of VMSs formed through stellar collisions remain uncertain, and future work may require further refinement. Results. We find that runaway stellar collisions in the cluster core produce a VMS exceeding $5 \times 10^4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ within 5 Myr, which subsequently collapses into an IMBH. Conclusions. Our model suggests that dense stellar environments may enable the formation of very massive stars and massive black hole seeds through runaway stellar collisions. These results provide a potential pathway for early black hole growth in star clusters and offer theoretical context for interpreting recent JWST observations of young, compact clusters at high redshift. |
| title | Rapid formation of a very massive star >50000 $M_\odot$ and subsequently an IMBH from runaway collisions. Direct N-body and Monte Carlo simulations of dense star clusters |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07491 |