PhD, researcher at the Tamm Theory Department of Lebedev Physical Institute
Phone: +7(499)132-6172; email: eugvas@lpi.ru
Scientific interests: Gravitational dynamics of stellar systems, dark matter halo structure and evolution, supermassive black holes
PhD thesis: «Dynamics of dark matter in galactic centers» (in Russian). The abstract:
The evolution of dark matter in central areas of galaxies is considered (Milky Way is taken as an example). The formation of a galaxy leads to the compression of dark matter halo due to baryonic infall. Traditional method of calculating the compression (Blumenthal method) is shown to overestimate the dark matter density, especially for more flat initial halo density profiles and for radially anisotropic particle velocities. Subsequent evolution is driven by scattering off of dark matter particles on bulge stars and their absorption by the supermassive black hole. It is described by diffusion equation in energy - angular momentum phase space. The diffusion coefficients are calculated, as well as the absoroption and evaporation rate of particles. It is shown that by now the density of dark matter inside central parsec is greatly diminished: approximately 10% of initial dark matter mass is captured by black hole, about a half is evaporated. The annihilation of particles may explain observed gamma-ray flux from Galactic center
Its results are mainly presented in the following papers:
E.Vasiliev, M.Zelnikov "Dark matter dynamics in the galactic center" (Phys.Rev.D 2008)
E.Vasiliev "Dark matter annihilation near a black hole: Plateau versus weak cusp" (Phys.Rev.D 2007)
E.Vasiliev "A simple analytical model for dark matter halo structure and adiabatic contraction" (JETP 2006)
+Poster (conf: Dynamics of Galaxies, August 2008, Saint-Petersburg)
The structure of orbits in triaxial nuclear star clusters containing black holes is explored in the paper
D.Merritt, E.Vasiliev "Orbits Around Black Holes in Triaxial Nuclei" (ApJ 2011)
+Poster (conf: Dynamics and evolution of disc galaxies, June 2010, Moscow/Pushchino) [photos]
At the moment I'm working on Schwarzschild modelling of triaxial stellar systems, possibly containing supermassive black holes. Main points of interest are regular and chaotic dynamics of these systems, evolution induced by chaotic orbits, and black hole feeding rates.
I'm developing a software tool for Schwarzschild modelling – SMILE.
Last-updated: July 2011