Galaxy cores as relics of black hole mergers

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Milosavljević, Miloš ^a   Merritt, David ^a   Rest, Armin ^b   Van Den Bosch, Frank C ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: nuclei

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BLACK HOLES; GRAVITATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; STARS;

BLACK HOLE PHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; CENTRAL DENSITY; DENSITY PROFILE; ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES:NUCLEI; NONPARAMETRICS; POWER-LAW;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0037888106     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05436.x     Document Type: Article

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