Computer simulations reveal the growth of intermediate-mass black holes in star clusters | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft https://www.mpg.de/20888960/computer-simulations-reveal-the-growth-of-intermediate-mass-black-holes-in-star-clusters
Researchers, including those at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, have simulated how intermediate-mass black holes could form in star clusters. They could be the link between their smaller relatives, the stellar black holes, and the supermassive giants that populate the centres of galaxies. This success is the result of the DRAGON II simulation project led by the Gran Sasso Science Institute. It is based on calculations of the complex interactions between stars, stellar black holes and physical processes in dense star clusters.
Kamlah of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg