luckybipedal t1_jd8vyjo wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:50 PM Reply to comment by boundegar in Research team finds indirect evidence for existence of dark matter surrounding black holes by karmagheden They talk about dynamical friction, which is a result of gravitational interactions. It's new to me too. I found this high level explanation: https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Dynamical+Friction Permalink Parent 9
luckybipedal t1_jd8vyjo wrote
Reply to comment by boundegar in Research team finds indirect evidence for existence of dark matter surrounding black holes by karmagheden
They talk about dynamical friction, which is a result of gravitational interactions. It's new to me too. I found this high level explanation: https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Dynamical+Friction