Is there really a black hole at the center of NGC 4041? Constraints from gas kinematics

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 586, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 868-890

  Marconi, A ^a   Axon, D J ^b   Capetti, A ^c   Maciejewski, W ^a   Atkinson, J ^b   Batcheldor, D ^b   Binney, J ^d   Carollo, M ^e   Dressel, L ^f   Ford, H ^g   Gerssen, J ^f   Hughes, M A ^b   Macchetto, D ^f   Merrifield, M R ^h   Scarlata, C ^f   Sparks, W ^f   Stiavelli, M ^f   Tsvetanov, Z ^g   Van der Marel, R P ^f  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f STScI   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: individual (NGC 4041); Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: spiral

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744418029     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367764     Document Type: Article

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