HST STIS spectroscopy of the triple nucleus of M31: Two nested disks in keplerian rotation around a supermassive black hole

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 631, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 280-300

  Bender, Ralf ^a,b,c   Kormendy, John ^c   Bower, Gary ^d   Green, Richard ^e   Thomas, Jens ^a,b   Danks, Anthony C ^f   Gull, Theodore ^g   Hutchings, J B ^h   Joseph, C L ⁱ   Kaiser, M E ^j   Lauer, Tod R ^e   Nelson, Charles H ^k   Richstone, Douglas ^l   Weistrop, Donna ^k   Woodgate, Bruce ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d RLM 15308 ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f Emergent IT   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 27144499114     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432434     Document Type: Article

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