A search for molecular gas in the nucleus of M87 and implications for the fueling of supermassive black holes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 689, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 775-781

  Tan, Jonathan C ^a   Beuther, Henrik ^b   Walter, Fabian ^b   Blackman, Eric G ^c  

^a University Of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Accretion disks; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: jets; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149123649     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592592     Document Type: Article

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