FROST-CLUSTERS -- II. Massive stars, binaries and triples boost supermassive black hole seed formation in assembling star clusters

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Hauptverfasser: Rantala, Antti, Lahén, Natalia, Naab, Thorsten, Escobar, Gastón J., Iorio, Giuliano
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author Rantala, Antti
Lahén, Natalia
Naab, Thorsten
Escobar, Gastón J.
Iorio, Giuliano
author_facet Rantala, Antti
Lahén, Natalia
Naab, Thorsten
Escobar, Gastón J.
Iorio, Giuliano
contents Observations and high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations indicate that massive star clusters form through a complex hierarchical assembly. We use simulations including post-Newtonian dynamics (the BIFROST code) and stellar evolution (the SEVN module) to investigate this collisional assembly. With a full initial stellar mass function, we study the effect of initial binary, triple and massive single stars (450 $M_\odot$) on the assembly, structure, and kinematics of massive ($M_\mathrm{cl}\sim10^6 M_\odot$, $N=1.8 \times 10^6$) star clusters. Simultaneously, intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs), potential seeds for supermassive black holes, can form and grow in our models by stellar collisions, tidal disruption events (TDEs) and black hole (BH) mergers. At a fixed cluster mass, stellar multiplicity or a high mass limit increase the numbers (up to $\sim$ 10) and masses (up to $10^4 M_\odot$) of the formed IMBHs within the first 10 Myr of cluster evolution. The TDE rates peak at $Γ_\mathrm{tde}\sim 5 \times 10^{-5}$ yr$^{-1}$ after IMBH formation at $\sim 2$ Myr. In all simulations, we find gravitational wave driven mergers involving stellar BHs and IMBHs. Initial multiplicity or a high mass limit also result in IMBH-IMBH mergers. The IMBH masses correlate with the initial cluster masses, surface densities and velocity dispersions approximately as $M_\bullet \propto M_\mathrm{cl}$, $M_\bullet\proptoΣ_\mathrm{h}^\mathrm{3/2}$ and $M_\bullet\proptoσ^\mathrm{3}$. Our results suggest the dense $z\sim10$ star clusters recently observed by the James Webb Space Telescope host IMBHs with masses above $M_\bullet \gtrsim 10^4 M_\odot$.
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spellingShingle FROST-CLUSTERS -- II. Massive stars, binaries and triples boost supermassive black hole seed formation in assembling star clusters
Rantala, Antti
Lahén, Natalia
Naab, Thorsten
Escobar, Gastón J.
Iorio, Giuliano
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Observations and high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations indicate that massive star clusters form through a complex hierarchical assembly. We use simulations including post-Newtonian dynamics (the BIFROST code) and stellar evolution (the SEVN module) to investigate this collisional assembly. With a full initial stellar mass function, we study the effect of initial binary, triple and massive single stars (450 $M_\odot$) on the assembly, structure, and kinematics of massive ($M_\mathrm{cl}\sim10^6 M_\odot$, $N=1.8 \times 10^6$) star clusters. Simultaneously, intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs), potential seeds for supermassive black holes, can form and grow in our models by stellar collisions, tidal disruption events (TDEs) and black hole (BH) mergers. At a fixed cluster mass, stellar multiplicity or a high mass limit increase the numbers (up to $\sim$ 10) and masses (up to $10^4 M_\odot$) of the formed IMBHs within the first 10 Myr of cluster evolution. The TDE rates peak at $Γ_\mathrm{tde}\sim 5 \times 10^{-5}$ yr$^{-1}$ after IMBH formation at $\sim 2$ Myr. In all simulations, we find gravitational wave driven mergers involving stellar BHs and IMBHs. Initial multiplicity or a high mass limit also result in IMBH-IMBH mergers. The IMBH masses correlate with the initial cluster masses, surface densities and velocity dispersions approximately as $M_\bullet \propto M_\mathrm{cl}$, $M_\bullet\proptoΣ_\mathrm{h}^\mathrm{3/2}$ and $M_\bullet\proptoσ^\mathrm{3}$. Our results suggest the dense $z\sim10$ star clusters recently observed by the James Webb Space Telescope host IMBHs with masses above $M_\bullet \gtrsim 10^4 M_\odot$.
title FROST-CLUSTERS -- II. Massive stars, binaries and triples boost supermassive black hole seed formation in assembling star clusters
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04330