The black hole mass distribution in early-type galaxies: Cusps in Hubble Space Telescope photometry interpreted through adiabatic black hole growth

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 744-763

  Van Der Marel, Roeland P ^a  

^a STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001405701     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300730     Document Type: Article

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