Publications (178)
Equilibrium and Stability of Elliptical Galaxies
David Merritt, Tema Fridman
Planetary Nebulae as Probes of Dark Matter in NGC 3384
Benoit Tremblay, David Merritt, T. B. Williams
The Orbital Structure of Triaxial Galaxies with Figure Rotation
Alex T. Deibel, Monica Valluri, David Merritt
Self-Consistent Gravitational Chaos
David Merritt, Monica Valluri
Efficient Merger of Binary Supermassive Black Holes in Non-Axisymmetric Galaxies
Peter Berczik, David Merritt, Rainer Spurzem +1
Brownian Motion of Black Holes in Dense Nuclei
David Merritt, Peter Berczik, Frederik Laun
Evolution Of Massive Black Hole Binaries In Rotating Stellar Nuclei: Implications For Gravitational Wave Detection
Alexander Rasskazov, David Merritt
Elliptical Galaxy Dynamics
David Merritt
Empirical models for Dark Matter Halos. I. Nonparametric Construction of Density Profiles and Comparison with Parametric Models
David Merritt, Alister W. Graham, Ben Moore +2
Algorithmic regularization with velocity-dependent forces
Seppo Mikkola, David Merritt
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. I. Introduction to the Survey
Patrick Cote, John P. Blakeslee, Laura Ferrarese +7
Evidence from Intrinsic Shapes for Two Families of Elliptical Galaxies
Benoit Tremblay, David Merritt
Interaction of Supermassive Black Holes with their Stellar and Dark Matter Environments
David Merritt
Non-integrable galactic dynamics
David Merritt
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-Dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster
Simona Mei, John Blakeslee, Patrick Cote +7
Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei. I. The Consistency of Black Hole Masses in Quiescent and Active Galaxies
Laura Ferrarese, Richard W. Pogge, Bradley M. Peterson +3
Dynamical Modelling of Hot Stellar Systems
David Merritt
Black Holes and Galaxy Evolution
David Merritt
Gravitational Encounters and the Evolution of Galactic Nuclei. I. Method
David Merritt
Searching for the Kinematical Signature of a Black Hole in M87
David Merritt, Siang Peng Oh
Efficient Merger of Binary Supermassive Black Holes in Merging Galaxies
Fazeel Khan, Andreas Just, David Merritt
The nature of the HE0450-2958 System
David Merritt, Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, Andrew Robinson +3
Contribution of Stellar Tidal Disruptions to the X-Ray Luminosity Function of Active Galaxies
Milos Milosavljevic, David Merritt, Luis C. Ho
Dynamics of Triaxial Stellar Systems
David Merritt
Tidal breakup of binary stars at the Galactic Center. II. Hydrodynamic simulations
Fabio Antonini, James C. Lombardi, David Merritt
Ejection of Supermassive Black Holes from Galaxy Cores
Alessia Gualandris, David Merritt
The final-parsec problem in the collisionless limit
Eugene Vasiliev, Fabio Antonini, David Merritt
Dynamics of galaxy cores and supermassive black holes
David Merritt
Single and Binary Black Holes and their Influence on Nuclear Structure
David Merritt
Empirical Models for Dark Matter Halos. III. The Kormendy relation and the log(rho_e)-log(R_e) relation
Alister W. Graham, David Merritt, Ben Moore +2
On the origins of enigmatic stellar populations in Local Group galactic nuclei
Nathan W. C. Leigh, Fabio Antonini, Nicholas C. Stone +2
Large Merger Recoils and Spin Flips From Generic Black-Hole Binaries
Manuela Campanelli, Carlos O. Lousto, Yosef Zlochower +1
Probing Quiescent Massive Black Holes: Insights from Tidal Disruption Events
Suvi Gezari, Linda Strubbe, Joshua S. Bloom +10
The S-Star Cluster at the Center of the Milky Way: On the nature of diffuse NIR emission in the inner tenth of a parsec
Nadeen Sabha, Andreas Eckart, David Merritt +9
Merger of Massive Black Holes using N-Body Simulations with Post-Newtonian Corrections
Miguel Preto, Ingo Berentzen, Peter Berczik +2
Model Atmospheres for Irradiated Giant Stars: Implications for the Galactic Center
Raul Jimenez, Juliana P. da Silva, S. Peng Oh +2
A Counterpart to the Radial Orbit Instability in Triaxial Stellar Systems
Fabio Antonini, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, David Merritt
Consequences of gravitational radiation recoil
David Merritt, Milos Milosavljevic, Marc Favata +2
Galactic Mergers with Supermassive Black Holes
Fidel Cruz, David Merritt
Loss Cone Dynamics
David Merritt
The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. I. Introduction to the Survey and Data Reduction Procedures
Andres Jordan, John P. Blakeslee, Patrick Cote +7
Time-Dependent Models for Dark Matter at the Galactic Center
Gianfranco Bertone, David Merritt
The final-parsec problem in non-spherical galaxies revisited
Eugene Vasiliev, Fabio Antonini, David Merritt
Implementing Few-Body Algorithmic Regularization with Post-Newtonian Terms
Seppo Mikkola, David Merritt
Evolution of Nuclear Star Clusters
David Merritt
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey IX: The Color Distributions of Globular Cluster Systems in Early-Type Galaxies
Eric W. Peng, Andres Jordan, Patrick Cote +7
Probing Stellar Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei
M. Coleman Miller, Tal Alexander, Pau Amaro-Seoane +7
Henry Kandrup's Ideas About Relaxation of Stellar Systems
David Merritt
The Stellar Dynamics of Omega Centauri
David Merritt, G. Meylan, M. Mayor
Dark Matter Dynamics and Indirect Detection
Gianfranco Bertone, David Merritt
Black Hole Demographics from the M(BH)-sigma Relation
David Merritt, Laura Ferrarese
Martin Schwarzschild's Contributions to Galaxy Dynamics
David Merritt
Stellar Dynamics and Black Holes
David Merritt
Tidal Disruption Flares from Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes
Stefanie Komossa, David Merritt
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey III. Chandra and HST Observations of Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries and Globular Clusters in M87
Andres Jordan, Patrick Cote, Laura Ferrarese +7
On the persistence of two small-scale problems in ÎCDM
Marcel S. Pawlowski, Benoit Famaey, David Merritt +1
Revised Rates of Stellar Disruption in Galactic Nuclei
Jianxiang Wang, David Merritt
Towards relativistic orbit fitting of Galactic center stars and pulsars
Raymond Angelil, Prasenjit Saha, David Merritt
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey II. Data Reduction Procedures
Andres Jordan, John P. Blakeslee, Eric W. Peng +7
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VII. Resolving the Connection Between Globular Clusters and Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies
Monica Hasegan, Andres Jordan, Patrick Cote +10
Dissipationless Formation and Evolution of the Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster
Fabio Antonini, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti +1
Recovering Velocity Distributions via Penalized Likelihood
David Merritt
Tidal break-up of binary stars at the Galactic center and its consequences
Fabio Antonini, Joshua Faber, Alessia Gualandris +1
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIV. Analysis of Color-Magnitude Relations in Globular Cluster Systems
Steffen Mieske, Andres Jordan, Patrick Cote +8
Resonant Orbits in Triaxial Galaxies
David Merritt, Monica Valluri
Dynamical Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies with Central Singularities
David Merritt, Gerald Quinlan
Periodic Orbits in Triaxial Galaxies with Weak Cusps
Tema Fridman, David Merritt
Brownian Motion of a Massive Binary
David Merritt
Gravitational Wave Recoil Oscillations of Black Holes: Implications for Unified Models of Active Galactic Nuclei
S. Komossa, David Merritt
Systolic and Hyper-Systolic Algorithms for the Gravitational N-Body Problem, with an Application to Brownian Motion
E. N. Dorband, Marc Hemsendorf, David Merritt
Dynamics of Dark Matter Cusps
David Merritt, Milos Milosavljevic
Gravitational Encounters and the Evolution of Galactic Nuclei. II. Classical and Resonant Relaxation
David Merritt
N-Body Growth of a Bahcall-Wolf Cusp Around a Black Hole
Miguel Preto, David Merritt, Rainer Spurzem
No Supermassive Black Hole in M33?
David Merritt, Laura Ferrarese, Charles L. Joseph
A Universal Density Profile for Dark and Luminous Matter?
David Merritt, Julio F. Navarro, Aaron Ludlow +1
Hypercompact Stellar Systems Around Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes
David Merritt, Jeremy D. Schnittman, Stefanie Komossa
An Instability in Triaxial Stellar Systems
Fabio Antonini, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, David Merritt
Mass Deficits, Stalling Radii, and the Merger Histories of Elliptical Galaxies
David Merritt
The Low End of the Supermassive Black Hole Mass Function: Constraining the Mass of a Nuclear Black Hole in NGC 205 via Stellar Kinematics
Monica Valluri, Laura Ferrarese, David Merritt +1
Loss Cone Refilling Rates in Galactic Nuclei
David Merritt, Jianxiang Wang
Triaxial Black-Hole Nuclei
M. Y. Poon, David Merritt
Galaxies and Black Holes
David Merritt
Long-Term Evolution of Massive Black Hole Binaries. II. Binary Evolution in Low-Density Galaxies
Peter Berczik, David Merritt, Rainer Spurzem
Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Calibration of the M-sigma Relationship for AGNs
Christopher A. Onken, Laura Ferrarese, David Merritt +5
Dynamics around supermassive black holes
Alessia Gualandris, David Merritt
The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey V: SBF Calibration for Giant and Dwarf Early-type Galaxies
Simona Mei, John P. Blakeslee, John L. Tonry +7
Dynamical Cusp Regeneration
David Merritt, Andras Szell
A Note on Gravitational Brownian Motion
David Merritt
Dark Matter Spikes and Annihilation Radiation from the Galactic Center
David Merritt, Milos Milosavljevic, Licia Verde +1
Testing Properties of the Galactic Center Black Hole Using Stellar Orbits
David Merritt, Tal Alexander, Seppo Mikkola +1
Formation of Galactic Nuclei
Milos Milosavljevic, David Merritt
Evolution of the Density Profiles of Dark Matter Haloes
Darren Reed, Fabio Governato, Licia Verde +5
Co-orbiting satellite galaxy structures are still in conflict with the distribution of primordial dwarf galaxies
Marcel S. Pawlowski, Benoit Famaey, Helmut Jerjen +11
Consequences of Triaxiality for Gravitational Wave Recoil of black holes
Alessandro Vicari, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, David Merritt
The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. II. The Central Brightness Profiles of Early-Type Galaxies: A Characteristic Radius on Nuclear Scales and the Transition from Central Luminosity Deficit to Excess
Patrick Cote, Laura Ferrarese, Andres Jordan +9
The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. II. Data Description and Source Catalogs
Derek Hammer, Gijs Verdoes Kleijn, Carlos Hoyos +45
The Inner Workings of Early-Type Galaxies: Cores, Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes (Including a Critical Comparison of Nuker and core-Sersic/Sersic models)
Laura Ferrarese, Patrick Cote, John P. Blakeslee +3
Stellar Dynamics of Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals
David Merritt, Tal Alexander, Seppo Mikkola +1
Comment on "Evidence for dark matter in the inner Milky Way"
Stacy McGaugh, Federico Lelli, Marcel Pawlowski +21
Dynamical Models of the Galactic Center
David Merritt