Numerical simulations find that vZLK oscillations induce periodic mass loss from D9's circumbinary disk at a rate of ~7% per 62.5 kyr cycle, leading to near-total depletion after ~4 Myr.
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Kozai-driven mass loss of the circumbinary disk in D9 in orbit around the supermassive black hole Sgr A*
Numerical simulations find that vZLK oscillations induce periodic mass loss from D9's circumbinary disk at a rate of ~7% per 62.5 kyr cycle, leading to near-total depletion after ~4 Myr.