Chaotic loss cones and black hole fueling

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 606, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 788-798

  Merritt, David ^a   Poon, M Y ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: structure; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442417773     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382497     Document Type: Article

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