Dynamical friction on galactic center star clusters with an intermediate-mass black hole

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 607, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages

  Kim, Sungsoo S ^a   Figer, Donald F ^b   Morris, Mark ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: Kinematics and dynamics; Methods: N body simulations; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242689934     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422032     Document Type: Article

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