Eccentric‐Disk Models for the Nucleus of M31
Eccentric‐Disk Models for the Nucleus of M31
We construct dynamical models of the "double" nucleus of M31 in which the nucleus consists of an eccentric disk of stars orbiting a central black hole. The principal approximation in these models is that the disk stars travel in a Keplerian potential; i.e., we neglect the mass of the disk …