Recent observations of the Galactic center revealed a nuclear disk of youngOB stars, in addition to many similar outlying stars with higher eccentricitiesand/or high inclinations relative to the disk (some of them possibly belongingto a second disk). Binaries in such nuclear disks, if they exist innon-negligible fractions, could have a major role in the evolution of the disksthrough binary heating of this stellar system. We suggest that interactionswith/in binaries may explain some (or all) of the observed outlying young starsin the Galactic center. Such stars could have been formed in a disk, and lateron kicked out from it through binary related interactions, similar to ejectionof high velocity runaway OB stars in young clusters throughout the galaxy.
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