Einstein cluster as central spiky distribution of galactic dark matter

Abstract

Using the Einstein cluster models, we construct a fully relativistic, spherically symmetric, spiky structure of matter distribution near a supermassive black hole. We introduce and discuss three simple toy models, together with a more realistic model, which includes a Hernquist-type distribution with a typical galaxy scale. We find that the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) depends on the details of the environment and lies between the photon radius (at $3{M}_{\mathrm{BH}}$) and the ISCO radius of an isolated black hole of mass ${M}_{\mathrm{BH}}$ (at $6{M}_{\mathrm{BH}}$).

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