it ended up being a pretty lengthy paper, but the results are really broadly generalizable
we apply our results specifically to the formation of binary black holes within AGN disks, which has been a hot topic of late! sec. 6 (especially 6.1.3!) has comparisons to & synthesis of a lot of recent work

Studying Binary Formation under Dynamical Friction Using Hill's Problem - IOPscienceopens in new tab Studying Binary Formation under Dynamical Friction Using Hill’s Problem, Mark Dodici, Scott Tremaine

my first first-author paper is now published in ApJ :) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

we ask: if you throw two single bodies at each other, under some simple form of energy dissipation (mimicking dynamical friction from a cluster or a gas disk 👀), how often do you end up with a binary?

How bursts of X-rays from galactic centers could teach us about the stars that live there The centers of galaxies are full of all sorts of fascinating phenomena. Learn about one of the newest — discovered only in the last five years — and how it can tell us about the stars that live in...

From @dodici.bsky.social: The centers of galaxies are full of all sorts of fascinating phenomena. Learn about one of the newest — discovered only in the last five years — and how it can tell us about the stars that live in these unique environments. 🔭🧪

astrobites.org/2024/01/24/q...

anyway to the literal dozens of astronomers I just followed out of the blue — hi!!!

do you ever just see a twitter take so bad you overcome your executive dysfunction and actually finally use the invite code you've been sitting on for weeks!