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Query: Self-gravitating warped discs around supermassive black holes   We consider warped equilibrium configurations for stellar and gaseous disks
in the Keplerian force-field of a supermassive black hole, assuming that the
self-gravity of the disk provides the only acting torques. Modeling the disk as
a collection of concentric circular rings, and computing the torques in the
non-linear regime, we show that stable, strongly warped precessing equilibria
are possible. These solutions exist for a wide range of disk-to-black hole mass
ratios $M_d/M_{bh}$, can span large warp angles of up to $\pm\sim 120\deg$,
have inner and outer boundaries, and extend over a radial range of a factor of
typically two to four. These equilibrium configurations obey a scaling relation
such that in good approximation $\phidot/\Omega\propto M_d/M_{bh}$ where
$\phidot$ is the (retrograde) precession frequency and $\Omega$ is a
characteristic orbital frequency in the disk. Stability was determined using
linear perturbation theory and, in a few cases, confirmed by numerical
integration of the equations of motion. Most of the precessing equilibria are
found to be stable, but some are unstable. The main result of this study is
that highly warped disks near black holes can persist for long times without
any persistent forcing other than by their self-gravity. The possible relevance
of this to galactic nuclei is briefly discussed.

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