A nonparametric estimate of the mass of the central black hole in the Galaxy

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 232-241

  Chakrabarty, Dalia ^a,c   Saha, Prasenjit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039303895     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321104     Document Type: Article

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