Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Prof. Dr. Rainer Spurzem (i.R.)





Forschungsgebiete
Stellar Dynamics, Star Clusters, Gravitational Waves, Computational Astrophysics, GPU Computing



97.
10/2024
Wu, Kai; Kouwenhoven, M. B. N.; Flammini Dotti, Francesco; Spurzem, Rainer
Influence of planets on debris discs in star clusters - II. The impact of stellar density
MNRAS 533, 4485(2024)

96.
9/2024
Vergara, M. C.; Schleicher, D. R. G. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Kamlah, A. W. H.; Flammini Dotti, F.; Reinoso, B.)
Efficiency of black hole formation via collisions in stellar systems: Data analysis from simulations and observations
A&A 689, A34(2024)

95.
3/2024
Arca Sedda, Manuel; Kamlah, Albrecht W. H. et al. (inc. Grebel, Eva K.; Mapelli, Michela; Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer)
The DRAGON-II simulations - I. Evolution of single and binary compact objects in star clusters with up to 1 million stars
MNRAS 528, 5119(2024)

94.
3/2024
Arca sedda, Manuel; Kamlah, Albrecht W. H. et al. (inc. Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer)
The DRAGON-II simulations - III. Compact binary mergers in clusters with up to 1 million stars: mass, spin, eccentricity, merger rate, and pair instability supernovae rate
MNRAS 528, 5140(2024)

93.
2/2024
Benkendorff, L.; Flammini Dotti, F. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Stock, K.)
Hot Jupiter formation in dense star clusters
MNRAS 528, 2834(2024)

92.
2/2024
Hao, Wei; Kouwenhoven, M. B. N. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Analysis of Kozai cycles in equal-mass hierarchical triple supermassive black hole mergers in the presence of a stellar cluster
MNRAS 527, 10705(2024)

91.
12/2023
Zhong, Shiyan; Hayasaki, Kimitake et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter)
Exploring the Origin of Stars on Bound and Unbound Orbits Causing Tidal Disruption Events
ApJ 959, 19(2023)

90.
12/2023
Spurzem, Rainer; Kamlah, Albrecht
Computational methods for collisional stellar systems
LRCA 9, 3(2023)

89.
11/2023
Arca Sedda, Manuel; Kamlah, Albrecht W. H. et al. (inc. Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer)
The DRAGON-II simulations - II. Formation mechanisms, mass, and spin of intermediate-mass black holes in star clusters with up to 1 million stars
MNRAS 526, 429(2023)

88.
8/2023
Wu, Kai; Kouwenhoven, M. B. N. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Influence of planets on debris discs in star clusters - I. The 50 au Jupiter
MNRAS 523, 4801(2023)

87.
2/2023
Li, Shuo; Zhong, Shiyan et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter)
Tracing the Evolution of SMBHs and Stellar Objects in Galaxy Mergers: A Multi-mass Direct N-body Model
ApJ 944, 109(2023)

86.
2/2023
Li, Zhong-Mu; Kayastha, Bhusan et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter; Kamlah, Albrecht)
Fractions of Compact Object Binaries in Star Clusters: Theoretical Predictions
RAA 23, b5019(2023)

85.
11/2022
Kamlah, A. W. H.; Spurzem, R. et al. (inc. Dotti, F. Flammini; Sedda, M. Arca; Berczik, P.)
The impact of stellar evolution on rotating star clusters: the gravothermal-gravogyro catastrophe and the formation of a bar of black holes
MNRAS 516, 3266(2022)

84.
9/2022
Berczik, Peter; Arca Sedda, Manuel et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Merging of unequal mass binary black holes in non-axisymmetric galactic nuclei
A&A 665, A86(2022)

83.
7/2022
Zhong, Shiyan; Li, Shuo; Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer
Revisit the Rate of Tidal Disruption Events: The Role of the Partial Tidal Disruption Event
ApJ 933, 96(2022)

82.
6/2022
Davari, N.; Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R.; Spurzem, R.
Stability of planetary systems within the S-star cluster: the Solar system analogues
MNRAS 513, 90(2022)

81.
5/2022
Stock, Katja; Veras, Dimitri et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Birth cluster simulations of planetary systems with multiple super-Earths: initial conditions for white dwarf pollution drivers
MNRAS 512, 2460(2022)

80.
5/2022
Rizzuto, Francesco Paolo; Naab, Thorsten et al. (inc. Arca-Sedda, Manuel; Spurzem, Rainer)
Black hole mergers in compact star clusters and massive black hole formation beyond the mass gap
MNRAS 512, 884(2022)

79.
4/2022
Kamlah, A. W. H.; Leveque, A. et al. (inc. Kühmichel, L.; Arca Sedda, M.; Spurzem, R.)
Preparing the next gravitational million-body simulations: evolution of single and binary stars in NBODY6++GPU, MOCCA, and MCLUSTER
MNRAS 511, 4060(2022)

78.
10/2021
Arca-Sedda, Manuel; Paolo Rizzuto, Francesco et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Breaching the Limit: Formation of GW190521-like and IMBH Mergers in Young Massive Clusters
ApJ 920, 128(2021)

77.
10/2021
Shukirgaliyev, B.; Otebay, A. et al. (inc. Just, A.; Spurzem, R.; Berczik, P.)
Bound mass of Dehnen models with a centrally peaked star formation efficiency
A&A 654, A53(2021)

76.
8/2021
Sobolenko, M.; Berczik, P.; Spurzem, R.
Merging timescale for the supermassive black hole binary in interacting galaxy NGC 6240
A&A 652, A134(2021)

75.
5/2021
Meiron, Yohai; Webb, Jeremy J. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter)
Mass-loss from massive globular clusters in tidal fields
MNRAS 503, 3000(2021)

74.
3/2021
Shu, Qi; Pang, Xiaoying et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Arca Sedda, Manuel)
The Long-term Evolution of Main-sequence Binaries in DRAGON Simulations
ApJS 253, 14(2021)

73.
3/2021
Rizzuto, Francesco Paolo; Naab, Thorsten et al. (inc. Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer)
Intermediate mass black hole formation in compact young massive star clusters
MNRAS 501, 5257(2021)

72.
7/2020
Stock, Katja; Cai, Maxwell X. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
On the survival of resonant and non-resonant planetary systems in star clusters
MNRAS 497, 1807(2020)

71.
7/2020
Banerjee, S.; Belczynski, K. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Berczik, P.)
BSE versus StarTrack: Implementations of new wind, remnant-formation, and natal-kick schemes in NBODY7 and their astrophysical consequences
A&A 639, A41(2020)

70.
4/2020
Veras, Dimitri; Reichert, Katja et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Linking the formation and fate of exo-Kuiper belts within Solar system analogues
MNRAS 493, 5062(2020)

69.
11/2019
Cai, Maxwell X.; Portegies Zwart, S. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
On the survivability of planets in young massive clusters and its implication of planet orbital architectures in globular clusters
MNRAS 489, 4311(2019)

68.
10/2019
Li, Shuo; Berczik, Peter et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Direct N-body Simulations of Tidal Disruption Rate Evolution in Equal-mass Galaxy Mergers
ApJ 883, 132(2019)

67.
10/2019
Flammini Dotti, Francesco; Kouwenhoven, M. B. N. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Planetary systems in a star cluster I: the Solar system scenario
MNRAS 489, 2280(2019)

66.
8/2019
Giersz, M.; Askar, A. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.)
MOCCA survey data base- I. Dissolution of tidally filling star clusters harbouring black hole subsystems
MNRAS 487, 2412(2019)

65.
4/2019
Panamarev, Taras; Just, Andreas et al. (inc. Arca Sedda, Manuel; Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer)
Direct N-body simulation of the Galactic centre
MNRAS 484, 3279(2019)

64.
3/2019
Arca Sedda, Manuel; Berczik, Peter et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Supermassive black holes coalescence mediated by massive perturbers: implications for gravitational waves emission and nuclear cluster formation
MNRAS 484, 520(2019)

63.
5/2018
Panamarev, Taras; Shukirgaliyev, Bekdaulet et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Just, Andreas; Berczik, Peter)
Star-disc interaction in galactic nuclei: formation of a central stellar disc
MNRAS 476, 4224(2018)

62.
3/2018
Hayasaki, Kimitake; Zhong, Shiyan et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter)
Classification of Tidal Disruption Events Based on Stellar Orbital Properties
ApJ 855, 129(2018)

61.
11/2017
Hong, Jongsuk; de Grijs, Richard et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
The dynamical origin of multiple populations in intermediate-age clusters in the Magellanic Clouds
MNRAS 472, 67(2017)

60.
10/2017
Cai, Maxwell Xu; Kouwenhoven, M. B. N. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Stability of multiplanetary systems in star clusters
MNRAS 470, 4337(2017)

59.
1/2017
Sobolenko, M.; Berczik, P. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.)
Fast coalescence of post-Newtonian Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in real galaxies
KPCB 33, 21(2017)

58.
1/2017
Li, Shuo; Liu, F. K.; Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer
Boosted Tidal Disruption by Massive Black Hole Binaries During Galaxy Mergers from the View of N-Body Simulation
ApJ 834, 195(2017)

57.
12/2016
Rodriguez, Carl L.; Morscher, Meagan et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Million-body star cluster simulations: comparisons between Monte Carlo and direct N-body
MNRAS 463, 2109(2016)

56.
10/2016
Shukirgaliyev, Bekdaulet T.; Panamarev, Taras P. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Just, Andreas; Berczik, Peter)
Effect of Gas Accretion Disc Profile on Orbital Parameters of the Accreted Stars
RNASK 5, 5(2016)

55.
7/2016
Kennedy, Gareth F.; Meiron, Yohai; Shukirgaliyev, Bekdaulet; Panamarev, Taras; Berczik, Peter; Just, Andreas; Spurzem, Rainer
Star-disc interaction in galactic nuclei: orbits and rates of accreted stars
MNRAS 460, 240(2016)

54.
5/2016
Wang, Long; Spurzem, Rainer et al. (inc. Berczik, Peter)
The DRAGON simulations: globular cluster evolution with a million stars
MNRAS 458, 1450(2016)

53.
3/2016
Pang, X.-Y.; Olczak, Ch. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Guo, D.-F.)
GalevNB: a conversion from N-body simulations to observations
RAA 16, 37 (2016)

52.
3/2016
Pang, Xiao-Ying; Olczak, Christoph et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Guo, Di-Feng)
GalevNB: a conversion from N-body simulations to observations
RAA 16, 37(2016)

51.
1/2016
Huang, Si-Yi; Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter
Performance analysis of parallel gravitational N-body codes on large GPU clusters
RAA 16, 11(2016)

50.
9/2015
Karl, Simon J.; Aarseth, Sverre J. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Dynamical evolution of massive black holes in galactic-scale N-body simulations - introducing the regularized tree code `rVINE'
MNRAS 452, 2337(2015)

49.
9/2015
Zhong, Shiyan; Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer
Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei with Tidal Disruption of Stars. II. Axisymmetric Nuclei
ApJ 811, 22(2015)

48.
8/2015
Cai, Maxwell Xu; Meiron, Yohai et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Block Time Step Storage Scheme for Astrophysical N-body Simulations
ApJS 219, 31(2015)

47.
7/2015
Wang, Long; Spurzem, Rainer et al. (inc. Berczik, Peter)
NBODY6++GPU: ready for the gravitational million-body problem
MNRAS 450, 4070(2015)

46.
4/2015
Bialas, D.; Lisker, T. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Olczak, C.)
On the occurrence of galaxy harassment
A&A 576, A103(2015)

45.
12/2014
Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Glaschke, Patrick; Spurzem, Rainer
Hybrid methods in planetesimal dynamics: formation of protoplanetary systems and the mill condition
MNRAS 445, 3755(2014)

44.
12/2014
Glaschke, P.; Amaro-Seoane, P.; Spurzem, R.
Hybrid methods in planetesimal dynamics: description of a new composite algorithm
MNRAS 445, 3620(2014)

43.
9/2014
Zhong, Shiyan; Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer
Super Massive Black Hole in Galactic Nuclei with Tidal Disruption of Stars
ApJ 792, 137(2014)

42.
9/2014
Meiron, Yohai; Li, Baile et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Expansion Techniques for Collisionless Stellar Dynamical Simulations
ApJ 792, 98(2014)

41.
1/2014
Wang, Long; Berczik, Peter et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
The Link between Ejected Stars, Hardening and Eccentricity Growth of Super Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei
ApJ 780, 164(2014)

40.
10/2013
Brem, Patrick; Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Spurzem, Rainer
Relativistic mergers of compact binaries in clusters: the fingerprint of the spin
MNRAS 434, 2999(2013)

39.
8/2013
Vilkoviskij, E.; Makukov, M. et al. (inc. Just, A.; Berczik, P.; Spurzem, R.)
Numerical simulations of AGN evolution
A&AT 28, 151(2013)

38.
7/2013
Hao, W.; Kouwenhoven, M. B. N.; Spurzem, R.
The dynamical evolution of multiplanet systems in open clusters
MNRAS 433, 867(2013)

37.
4/2013
Hong, Jongsuk; Kim, Eunhyeuk et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Comparative study between N-body and Fokker-Planck simulations for rotating star clusters - II. Two-component models
MNRAS 430, 2960(2013)

36.
10/2012
Just, Andreas; Yurin, Denis et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Omarov, Chingis; Berczik, Peter; Makukov, Maxim)
Enhanced Accretion Rates of Stars on Supermassive Black Holes by Star-Disk Interactions in Galactic Nuclei
ApJ 758, 51(2012)

35.
4/2012
Khan, Fazeel Mahmood; Preto, Miguel; Berczik, Peter; Berentzen, Ingo; Just, Andreas; Spurzem, Rainer
Mergers of Unequal-mass Galaxies: Supermassive Black Hole Binary Evolution and Structure of Merger Remnants
ApJ 749, 147(2012)

34.
3/2012
Li, Shuo; Liu, F. K. et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter)
Interaction of Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes with Stars in Galactic Nuclei
ApJ 748, 65(2012)

33.
1/2012
Fiestas, J.; Porth, O.; Berczik, P.; Spurzem, R.
Evolution of growing black holes in axisymmetric galaxy cores
MNRAS 419, 57(2012)

32.
0/2012
Fiestas, Jose; Spurzem, Rainer
Dynamical Evolution of Rotating Globular Clusters with Embedded Black Holes
ASSP 29, 235(2012)

31.
12/2011
Umbreit, Stefan; Spurzem, Rainer et al.
Disks around Brown Dwarfs in the Ejection Scenario. I. Disk Collisions in Triple Systems
ApJ 743, 106(2011)

30.
9/2011
Downing, J. M. B.; Benacquista, M. J. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.)
Compact binaries in star clusters - II. Escapers and detection rates
MNRAS 416, 133(2011)

29.
8/2011
Olczak, C.; Spurzem, R. et al.
A highly efficient measure of mass segregation in star clusters
A&A 532, A119(2011)

28.
5/2011
Gong, Xuefei; Xu, Shengnian et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
A scientific case study of an advanced LISA mission
CQGra 28, i4012(2011)

27.
5/2011
Preto, Miguel; Berentzen, Ingo; Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer
Fast Coalescence of Massive Black Hole Binaries from Mergers of Galactic Nuclei: Implications for Low-frequency Gravitational-wave Astrophysics
ApJ 732, L26(2011)

26.
2/2011
Enke, Harry; Steinmetz, Matthias et al. (inc. Voges, Wolfgang; Spurzem, Rainer; Scholl, Tobias; Breitling, Frank)
AstroGrid-D: Grid technology for astronomical science
NewA 16, 79(2011)

25.
2/2011
Just, A.; Khan, F. M.; Berczik, P.; Ernst, A.; Spurzem, R.
Dynamical friction of massive objects in galactic centres
MNRAS 411, 653(2011)

24.
1/2011
Schneider, Justus; Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Spurzem, Rainer
Higher-order moment models of dense stellar systems: applications to the modelling of the stellar velocity distribution function
MNRAS 410, 432(2011)

23.
1/2011
Pasetto, S.; Grebel, E. K. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Berczik, P.)
Orbital evolution of the Carina dwarf galaxy and self-consistent determination of star formation history
A&A 525, A99(2011)

22.
9/2010
Downing, J. M. B.; Benacquista, M. J. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.)
Compact binaries in star clusters - I. Black hole binaries inside globular clusters
MNRAS 407, 1946(2010)

21.
6/2010
Fiestas, J.; Spurzem, R.
Dynamical evolution of rotating dense stellar systems with embedded black holes
MNRAS 405, 194(2010)

20.
5/2010
Pasetto, S.; Grebel, E. K. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Berczik, P.)
Isolated dwarf galaxies: from cuspy to flat dark matter density profiles and metalicity gradients
A&A 514, A47(2010)

19.
3/2010
Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Sesana, Alberto et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Triplets of supermassive black holes: astrophysics, gravitational waves and detection
MNRAS 402, 2308(2010)

18.
2/2010
Amaro-Seoane, P.; Eichhorn, C. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.)
Binaries of massive black holes in rotating clusters: dynamics, gravitational waves, detection and the role of eccentricity
MNRAS 401, 2268(2010)

17.
10/2009
Ernst, A.; Just, A.; Spurzem, R.
On the dissolution of star clusters in the Galactic Centre - I. Circular orbits
MNRAS 399, 141(2009)

16.
5/2009
Spurzem, R. ; Berczik P. et al. (inc. Banerjee R.; Klessen R.; Berentzen I.)
Accelerating astrophysical particle simulations with programmable hardware (FPGA and GPU)
Special Issue Paper Volume 23, Numbers 3-4 / Juni 2009

15.
5/2009
Spurzem, R.; Giersz, M. et al.
Dynamics of Planetary Systems in Star Clusters
ApJ 697, 458(2009)

14.
4/2009
Berentzen, Ingo; Preto, Miguel et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Berczik, Peter)
Binary Black Hole Merger in Galactic Nuclei: Post-Newtonian Simulations
ApJ 695, 455(2009)

13.
12/2008
Boily, C. M.; Combes, F. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.)
Galactic and stellar dynamics in the era of high resolution surveys
AN 329, 873(2008)

12.
12/2008
Berentzen, I.; Preto, M. et al. (inc. Spurzem, R.; Berczik, P.)
Post-Newtonian simulations of super-massive black hole binaries in galactic nuclei
AN 329, 904(2008)

11.
1/2008
Kim, Eunhyeuk; Yoon, Ilsang et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Comparative study between N-body and Fokker-Planck simulations for rotating star clusters - I. Equal-mass system
MNRAS 383, 2(2008)

10.
1/2008
Ernst, A.; Just, A.; Spurzem, R.; Porth, O.
Escape from the vicinity of fractal basin boundaries of a star cluster
MNRAS 383, 897(2008)

9.
0/2008
Spurzem, Rainer; Berentzen, Ingo et al. (inc. Berczik, Peter)
Parallelization, Special Hardware and Post-Newtonian Dynamics in Direct N - Body Simulations
LNP 760, 377(2008)

8.
7/2007
Mints, A. A.; Glaschke, P.; Spurzem, R.
Single star scattering on an open cluster
MNRAS 379, 86(2007)

7.
7/2007
Harfst, Stefan; Gualandris, Alessia et al. (inc. Berczik, Peter; Spurzem, Rainer)
Performance analysis of direct N-body algorithms on special-purpose supercomputers
NewA 12, 357(2007)

6.
5/2007
Ernst, A.; Glaschke, P.; Fiestas, J.; Just, A.; Spurzem, R.
N-body models of rotating globular clusters
MNRAS 377, 465(2007)

5.
1/2007
Khalisi, E.; Amaro-Seoane, P.; Spurzem, R.
A comprehensive NBODY study of mass segregation in star clusters: energy equipartition and escape
MNRAS 374, 703(2007)

4.
12/2006
Fiestas, J.; Spurzem, R. et al.
2D Fokker-Planck models of rotating clusters
MNRAS 373, 677(2006)

3.
9/2006
Kupi, Gábor; Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Spurzem, Rainer
Dynamics of compact object clusters: a post-Newtonian study
MNRAS 371, L45(2006)

2.
5/2006
Olczak, C.; Pfalzner, S.; Spurzem, R.
Encounter-triggered Disk Mass Loss in the Orion Nebula Cluster
ApJ 642, 1140(2006)

1.
5/2006
Berczik, Peter; Merritt, David et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer)
Efficient Merger of Binary Supermassive Black Holes in Nonaxisymmetric Galaxies
ApJ 642, L21(2006)

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