The surface density profile of ngc 6388: A good candidate for harboring an intermediate-mass black hole

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 668, Issue 2 PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Lanzoni, B ^a   Dalessandro, E ^a,b   Ferraro, F R ^a   Miocchi, P ^c   Valenti, E ^d   Rood, R T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 6388); Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649099354     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522927     Document Type: Article

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