@article{12658,
  author = {Tatsuya Akiba and Ann-Marie Madigan},
  title = {On the Formation of an Eccentric Nuclear Disk following the Gravitational Recoil Kick of a Supermassive Black Hole},
  abstract = {The anisotropic emission of gravitational waves during the merger of two supermassive black holes can result in a recoil kick of the merged remnant. We show here that eccentric nuclear disks—stellar disks of eccentric, apse-aligned orbits—can directly form as a result. An initially circular disk of stars will align orthogonal to the black hole kick direction with a distinctive “tick-mark” eccentricity distribution and a spiral pattern in mean anomaly.},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {The Astrophysical Journal Letters},
  volume = {921},
  number = {1},
  pages = {L12},
  month = {2021-10},
  publisher = {American Astronomical Society},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac30d9},
  doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/ac30d9},
}