Is there really a supermassive black hole in M87?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 289, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Marconi, A ^a,b   Axon, David J ^a,c   Macchetto, F D ^a   Capetti, A ^d   Sparks, W B ^a   Crane, P ^e  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Jodrell Bank   (United Kingdom)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: Active; Galaxies: Individual: M87; Galaxies: Kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: Nuclei; Line: Profiles

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; STARS;

BLACK HOLE PHYSICS; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXIES:NUCLEI; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: M87; LINE: PROFILES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRA'S; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 0002994265     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/289.4.L21     Document Type: Article

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