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NGC 6240 initial configuration for our triple SMBH physical model. The colour spheres represent the stellar bulges S1, S2, and N with central SMBHs (circles with dash edges) and stellar bulge B without a central black hole. SMBH initial velocities are noted VS1, S2, N. Initial separation for pair S1+S2 is noted as ΔR12 and for pair S+N is noted as ΔR23. The initial velocities are calculated in the assumption of initial orbital eccentricity e0 = 0.5 for both binary pairs. The radii of the spheres are scaled according to their bulge sizes (cutting the radius of the Plummer spheres).
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