Mass Loss in Parabolic Collisions between Giant Stars and Stellar Mass Black Holes
Author(s)
Friedman, Joseph
Date Issued
April 14, 2023
Abstract
In globular clusters stars and stellar mass black holes interact with each other. This project examines the types of interactions that occur in globular clusters by using MESA to evolve a giant star and using the SPH code Starsmasher to simulate several such interactions between a 10M red giant star and black holes of various masses. By comparing the results of these simulations to those of Kiroglu et al. 2022, I find that interactions between giant stars and black holes do not follow the same relationship as those involving main sequence stars and black holes.
Major
Physics
Honors
Physics, 2023
First Reader(s)
Lombardi, James C., Jr. (Jamie)
Other Reader(s)
Willey, Daniel R.
Department
Physics
Type of Publication
Senior Project Paper
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