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Science & ResearchAug 17, 2026

Inclination Diffusion in Relativistic Loss Cones

Relativistic capture and tidal disruption around a spinning black hole depend on both the magnitude and direction of the star's angular momentum, yet loss-cone models often assume fixed orbital inclinations by ignoring the associated dif…

Relativistic capture and tidal disruption around a spinning black hole depend on both the magnitude and direction of the star's angular momentum, yet loss-cone models often assume fixed orbital inclinations by ignoring the associated diffusion. We show that this is not…

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