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Caption: Figure 1.
Left: axes ratio ﹩b/a﹩ (red) and ﹩c/a﹩ (blue) in the inner 10 pc of the axisymmetric model (the radius of influence of the SMBH is scaled as 1 pc). Though not plotted, the axis ratios are stable and the system is axisymmetric within 100 pc; at larger distances, the system becomes more spherical because the timescale for the applied velocity drag is non-adiabatic compared to typical orbital timescales there. Right: the axes ratio as a function of radius in parsec for the two snapshots immediately preceding and the two immediately following; this corresponds to 250 dynamical times at the radius of influence of the black hole. The average ﹩b/a﹩ over five snapshots is in green. The average ﹩c/a﹩ over five snapshots is in magenta. Error bars are also included. It appears that the shape of the galactic nucleus remains triaxial. For perspective, note that the stellar mass within 2.5 pc is 4% of the total stellar mass.
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