The supermassive black hole of M87 and the kinematics of its associated gaseous disk

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 489, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 579-600

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

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d ESA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944450791     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304823     Document Type: Article

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