Black hole mass and spin coevolution by mergers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 585, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Hughes, Scott A ^a   Blandford, Roger D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Gravitation; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037645036     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375495     Document Type: Article

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